Hp Photosmart printer stopped working

Ok this has now happend to me a couple of times with HP printers on my Imac - thought it was a printer issue first but there is something i cant work out
I have bought a wireless HP Photosmart Plus printer B210 - for about one month I had no issues whatsover yet one day it suddenly stopped working. (The same thing happened with my last printer too). I have run a wireless network test directly from the printer and everything is fine with no problems found. I opened print and scan on the preferences and the printer is listed with a green dot saying idle, last used. Yet when I try to print the print queue comes up and it starts searching for the printer, Same with HP utility. Tried reinstalling and still exactly the same issue. I have no other printers listed
Driver version is 3.5.2
Please help - it is driving me insane
Thanks

You could try 'resetting the printing system': System Preferences>Print & Scan, Control+Click or Right Click on your printer listed on the left and select 'Reset printing system...'. All your printers will need to be added again.
I've read on here people having problems with the HP software and uninstalling it using the HP uninstaller app and re-installing using the Apple provided drivers may help: HP Printer Drivers v.2.8 OS X
When I've had trouble with wifi printing I've sometimes managed to sort it by changing to IP printing - you'll need to get the IP address of your printer, probably via its Control Panel.

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