OfficeJet Pro 8500 909a Won't Re-Install Mac 10.7.5

I'm very frustrated with this issue I'm having. Here's the bullet points:
Running Mac 10.7.5 (Lion).  Printer is connected to this machine via USB.  
Started receiving message on my all-in-one HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 909a that scanning wouldn't work and to check documentation for help.  
While looking online and going through some troubleshooting, I deleted the Printer from my print que to try and re-install fresh.
The main issue I'm having is I can't seem to re-install this printer no matter what I try.  Here's what I've tried....
Tried launching the HP SETUP UTILITY (ver 2.3.15) and HP DEVICE MANAGER (1.5.8) that was installed on this machine for the printer.  When going through the setup utility, my device is not seen, then it's seen for a screen and then I'm prompted with a message that says my device is not supported by this installer and that I should go to hp.com/support for more help.  
When I go through SYS PREF > PRINT & FAX and try to click the "+" to ADD PRINTER, the printer never shows in the 'default' choices as even being there/connected.
When I go to find help on the support site, the only directions I can find tell me that for Lion, I should use Apple's software update to download the newest update (which I'm pretty sure has already downloaded to this machine in the past).  Tried restarting my Mac, restarting and disconnecting all wires between printer and Mac, to see if this would job the software updater that this printer is connected.
I've scoured the HP website to try and find the 'hp setup utility for lion' install file but it doesn't appear to be available for manual download -- every direction just points back to software updater.  
So that's where I'm at -- I feel like I'm stuck in this little black hole where I can't use the HP setup program on this machine b/c it's too old and I can't download anything 'newer' from Apple's Software Updater.  I did go to Apple's site and download the drivers for Mac OSX Mountain Lion & Lion. I installed that to this machine, restarted and still nothing that shows this USB printer as being connected.  
Please help.
Chad
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Hi chadkafka,
Follow the steps below
1. Check that your USB cable is good by using a new one
2. Open System Preferences, and then right click in the open white area. Select Reset printing system
Note: if you have any other printers installed this will remove all printers in the print queue.
3. Open Disk Utlity, and then select your hard drive. Click on Repair Disk Permissions
4. Plug in the USB cable to the Mac, and then select Not now when it asks you to install the printer
5. Click on the Mac apple icon in upper left corner, and then run Software update to reinstall the printer using the ASU.
Let me know if you get the printer installed successfully?
I am an HP employee.
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