URGENT HELP REQUIRED: HP PRINTER ONLY WORKING IN BLACK AND WHITE

Hi - really hoping somone can help..! Just updated all three Macs to new OSX Mavericks and now both HP printers 940c and 5510c both only print in black and white. Need to get them working in colour for my daughters school homework!!
Have seen all the forums saying look at printer settings, but none of the settings have the old OSX options turning black and white and colour on and off. It appears the drivers that were on the previous Mac software have been deleted or turned off by Apple..? WHY!! I wish I had not updated any of the Macs if I'd known I'd lose printing functionality!!!
Seems HP no longer provide drivers for these printers that are over 5 years old. Trouble is I've got hundreds of pounds worth of colour cartirdges already bought for them that I thought I'd use!!!!!!!!! Maybe I need to go back to a PC as at least you can print things!!! ;-)
Look forward to any helpful comments....
Thank all...

This thread had a similar problem:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23615076?ac_cid=tw123456#23615076
And there were possible solutions here:
This thread may help:
http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/inkjet/71278
The Gutenprint drivers may also help:
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php

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