HP Photosmart A310 compact printer - cant use in Windows 8.1

dear Forum members
May I please request advice. With the above printer it is not seemingly possible to install on Win 8.
Can anyone advise if there is a way round this.
Does the Windows Vista driver work with Windows 8
Is there some driver for another model that DOES work on windows 8 with this printer
If anyone can advise please I should be most grateful.
Thank you
Ian

Hi @kasfig ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have looked into your issue on your HP Photosmart A310 Compact Photo Printer and installing on Windows 8.1. Here is a link to the HP Printer Install Wizard that was designed for Windows.
Just download and run it will install the drivers for you.
Hope that helps you out.
Thanks.
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