Fatal error installation code 1603 for all-in-one printer C4280

Question

Until a month ago, I'd been successfully running my C4280 with my Dell 1535 (Windows 7 32-bit) for about a year. (It's not a new printer but it works perfectly well; it was a hand-me-down after my own HP printer died after many, many years of good service.)  I uninstalled the software because the Solution Center stopped working, cleaned up my registry, deleted temp files, ran Uninstall L_3, installed Windows updates, installed Malwarebytes, checked the condition of my .NET Framework, etc.,  etc. I have literally spent about a month trying to get the printer software to install to no avail. I have been in every forum on the internet, tried every solution posted here or on the Micsrosoft website. I have read about the incompatibiltiy between HP and Win 7 and cannot find a solution. I don't know what else to do.
The only thing I have not done--and will not do--is to reinstall Windows, the last solution suggested by all the HP reps when all other solutions fail. What does it say about a tech-based company who's solution is to throw the baby out with the bathwater?
Pretty pathetic that one would have to chuck out a perfectly good printer because the software will not install. If anyone has any viable suggestions--other than rolling back the system to an earlier version or re-installing Windows--I'd LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to hear it. If I'm forced to buy a new printer because I could not install the driver, I vow never to buy another HP product as long as I walk the earth. 
Here's the log info:
The following lines were retrieved from the installation error logs.
+00000000000001970176/s/Now Launching=X:\hpzprl01.exe -inf -m 
preload_drivers-IXXX -f "X:\hpoins13.dat" -Validate No at" -Validate
No
Failed to add catalog file for
'X:\hposcu11.inf_x86_neutral_8470ae2dd4974995\hposcu11.inf'.
SetupINFsListedInDatFile failed with Fatal error during installation.
Exit code=1603
error situation code 25389268
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

BunnyVonBunny wrote:
Here's the log code:
Error code 31100272
+00000000000732983296/s/Now Launching=X:\hpzprl01.exe -inf -m 
preload_drivers-IXXX -f "X:\hpoins13.dat" -Validate No at" -Validate
No
Exit code=1603
Hi BunnyVonBunny,
I appreciate your efforts thus far and I understand how frustrating this has been. Please complete the steps in the following document; Fatal Error 'Error 1603. A fatal error occurred during installation' (MSI Error 1603) Displays Durin....
Some of these steps maybe the same as what I have already suggested but doing them in the order the document suggests could be what it takes to resolve the issue.
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