Psc 2175 windows 7 64 bit - stopped printing

I have an HP PSC 2175 all-in-one printer/scanner/copier. I use an HP Spectre 13 ultra book w/ Win7 Pro, SP1. Windows says the driver is working, printing to port USB001 (virtual printer port) The printer used to work fine, then it stopped. I suspect a windows update broke the driver somewhere, but since the driver is now bundled with the OS I cannot uninstall and reinstall. All I can do is remove the printer and then re-add it, which hasn't worked.
The symptoms are that when printing from Word or PDF a few lines might print in huge font across the top or bottom of the page, and a bunch of blank pages spit out. Using HP Print and Scan Doctor it says it's going through fixing errors, but the test page spits out 2 blank pages. Windows test print spits out 3 pages, 2 blank and one with a single line in huge font across the top. Printing a test print from Notepad also produces 2 blank pages.
Now even Devices and Printers under Control Panel is unresponsive. I'm submitting this, I guess I'll reboot. If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate it.
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Could you try running the Print and Scan Doctor tool? It should fix the issue or at least detect where the problem is coming from. Let me know the results!
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