What happened to scanning software for the HP 3050A?

After scaning succesfully for 2 years from my HP 3050A to my Macbook Pro I got a "Scanning software for this printer is currently unavailable" message on my laptop today when I tryed to scan from my laptop.  And when I press the "Scan" button on the printer it say "Computer not found" (even though it can find my computer quite nicely for print jobs).  What happened?  How can I get my scanning software back?
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Hi Yakatack and welcome to the HP forums!
I'm sorry to hear about your scanning woes with the Deskjet 3050a but I'd be happy to help once I've gathered a bit more information
1. Which version of Mac is on your computer?
1. a) Did you recently upgrade to said operating system?
2. Is the printer connected via USB or wireless?
3. Have there been any software changes/updates that you're aware of recently?
4. Are you able to scan through System Preferences, Image Capture or Preview at all?
If you have not recently upgraded your operating system or changed anything else on the computer, and the printer is wireless to the Mac, please power cycle your network. This entails turning off the printer and the Mac, pull the power cord on the router for 30 seconds and then when it's back up, turn everything else back on and try to scan once it all settles.
Hope to hear back from you soon
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