Scanner not working with HP PSC 1210xi

I bought an HP PSC 1210xi All-In-One printer/copier/scanner off craigslist recently and I'm having trouble getting the scanner to work. I downloaded whatever driver I needed for printing and printing and copying are working perfectly. When I tried to scan, the on button, printer cartridge, and ink button blink simultaneously- I looked this up- it means scanner failure.
I've tried searching the forums and HP to find what I need to fix this but can't see to find the right thing. My operating system is OS X v10.5.8. please help!

The scanner on this model of HP is not supported in Leopard. I looked all over for the answer and found that only printer drivers are available. I've switched to a different machine for scanning.

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