Win 8.1 and HP Officejet Pro 8600 not connecting

Priior to installing Windows 8.1, my printer worked fine.  I installed Windows 8.1 and came across the message - Printer Error - Before you can perform printer-relate tasks...  I removed and reinstalled the printer and it worked.  I printed several documents yesterday.  This morning, went to print and the same error message appeared, printing error.  I checked under devices and printers and the HP printer was grayed out.   When I clicked on the printer under device and printers, it says printer not connected.
I am using the printer on a wireless network.
Please help in this matter.
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Hi Dennis1825,
I understand you've been having some issues with your Officejet 8600 printing since upgrading to Windows 8.1. I'm sorry to hear this has been happening but I will certainly try to help.
To get a little extra help with this issue, I'd like you to download and run the HP Print and Scan Doctor (running for both Fix Printing and Fix Scanning to make sure it doesn't detect any issues) and hopefully it should be able to fix this for us.
Hope this helps, have a great day!
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