Multiple copies of same printer confuses HP software

My Officejet J4580 seems to install itself twice. Yesterday I reinstalled the driver/software hoping to reduce the choice to one default printer, but it happened again -- within a day, I again have "HP Officejet Series J4500" and "HP Officejet Series J4500 (Copy 1)", plus a fax version of each, making 4 printer choices.
If I'm lucky, HP Solutions will detect the correct version of the printer. If I'm not lucky, it looks for the wrong one and claims it's not there. To fix this is chancy -- sometimes unplugging, sometimes restarting the printer or the software, sometimes rebooting, and sometimes waiting a day is the only solution.
In addition, some software will default to the fax version so often I can't just print something to the default printer, I have to choose the printer every time. (In the Control Panel, only the printers show as devices, not the fax version of them.)
Anybody have any suggestions?

am having a similar issue with my HP Officejet 4500 All-In-One (Wireless) Printer. In each of my applications (Word, Excel, Email, etc.), when I choose the print button and open up the Print box, all of my print options are listed. In the print options listed, there are two (sometimes more) copies of the same Printer (ex: HP Officejet 4500 All-In-One, HP Officejet 4500 All-In-One (Copy 1)...). Most of the time it is just two of the same printer. One is online and the other seems “not available”.
In all other locations where the printer is listed (i.e. network, printer device lists) only see one copy, but in each application, it is listed twice or more in the printing box.
I have uninstalled the Printer and reinstalled it several times, but that does not seem to clear the issue. I only have this one printer installed, no others. It is wireless and set up as a wireless printer on the home network (no hard wire set-up). I have two laptops sharing this printer wirelessly (an HP and a Toshiba). Multiple copies on both Laptops. I am running Windows 7 (64bit) on the HP and Windows 7 (32bit) on the Toshiba.
If some else has this same issue and knows how to correct it, please help.

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