How Do I Share a Photosmart Plus B209a Between Windows 7 and Windows 8 Computers?

I have a Photosmart Plus B209a I have been using with a pair of Windows 7 laptops. I use the HP Solution Center (blue icon) to interface with it.
I recently bought an HP Windows 8.1 laptop. The Solution Center doesn't work on it. The HP printer support site says I need to uninstall the Windows 7 Solution Center (blue icon) and replace it with the Windows 8 (gray icon) version.
Will this make my printer only work with the Windows 8.1 machine? I want to print and scan from all of my computers without having to uninstall/reinstall version 7/version 8.1 Support Centers.
This is a joint Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 question. I can't see a way to select two operating systems.
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Hi,
You don't need to reinstall any software on the existing machine(s). You only need to install software and drivers for NEW machine(s) or any old machine after upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 for THAT machine.
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BH
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