Dock icons not disappearing

There is an icon on my dock that I don't need. Every time I start up my computer, I delete it off my dock. For some reason, every time I restart, my dock returns the icon to the dock. It doesn't start or anything..it just returns the icon. How do I fix this? Thanks.

since it is HP driver, those could be tricky.
example here (hope link works)
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?dlc=tr&docname=c00612194&product=111 9598&lc=en&cc=us&rule=31569&jumpid=regR1002USEN
try going to hp.com, in support section do the search on "manually uninstalling drivers for model xyz" or something like that.

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