Officejet 8100 unable to connect to printer, still prints half the time

Just started getting a pop up today. Every time i print to the 8100 it tells me it can't connect to the printer, that it can't find it over the network or wirelessly. But, it still prints most of the time. I've tested the connection with other USB cables all of them are about 4ft long. They are not going through extenders or hubs, all directly connecting to the computer. I've unplugged all other USB devices (except keyboard and mouse, which are both dell generics the computer came with), and i've tested it in each of the USB ports. I ran the scan doctor another post mentioned and it came back with no errors. Though the printer still prints, it fails to print a good 3rd of the time. only way to fix that is to unplug the printer from the computer, turn it off, plug it back into the computer, then turn it on again. Really, incredibly inconvenient here.

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