Printer is at error state W 8.0

Oh my god, i recalled what happened, i was unable to post in the previous post so there was no follow up, made this one today and deleted the contents due to me thinking that the old one was still active. Well, again, the long story.
some xp computers are installed to an hp laserjet 4100, the only that doesnt work is the one with w 8
Had all kind of troubles since that pc arrived.
ill try the short story. printer connected to xxx.xxx.xxx.200
1.- driver from hp (self instaler) wont find a printer in the network. (latest drivers apparently) even if i point to ut. simply wont install.
2.-cpl-->printers-->add network printer---> pl5/pl6/w update drivers (x64 in case you wonter) say that there is no communication with the printer. It wont install
3.-connect to \\xxx.xxx.xxx.200\shared printer (previous driver update in sharing center to the x64 needed) No communication.
4.-cpl-->printer-->add new LOCAL?!!! printer---> use protocol LPTx. After the wizard finished. CMD as Admin--> net use lptx: \\printerpath\printername /persistent:yes --->Bingo, at least at the beggining.
Then, few days later, when we tried to print an excel sheet, at least just part of it ("print selected area" in pre-print menu). It printed an error message (dont remember which, but the error was that i had to update drivers). Since i had the "latest drivers" installer would not install for same reason, but this is where it stopped printing due to the "printer is at error stage" it said.
did not work until i deleted and re did step 4 (lpt2 this time, with net use/delete command before any changes)
so i reinstalled the printer with the "updated driver" which was the same it had anyways, and surprisingly, it worked (for a week or less) then it came back to the same "printer@error@State"
Could not reinstall the printer from here to date. Tried many combinations.
Hp doctor said my printer was fine. (The other printer i have in that pc), the one i want was not detected.
I did update windows/drivers (though still says win 8 instead of 8.1, but it says that there are no updates available.
Have no more ideas about this. 3 things i cannot do. Roll back to a previous windows. Reinstall windows. change the printer.

Hi Alien_Invasor,
Thank you! I can see you put a lot of time and effort into your post which is very helpful for those of us who try to help.
Although I would like to be the one to help, I suspect your question would be better answered in the HP Enterprise Business Community, as the HP Laserjet 4100 is a commercial model.
My technical expertise is with consumer products and software, I am sure the commercial folks would be happy to help if you re-post your question for them to answer. The HP Enterprise Business Community is an HP Forum designed for the Commercial and Enterprise customers to help one another. I am sure you will find some HP folks there to help too.
Click here to log into the commercial forum > HP Enterprise Business Community
You may find the HP LaserJet 4100 Printer series supportpage helpful while you wait for somebody in the commercial Forum to respond to your inquiry.
Best of luck.
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