Have you double checked other user profiles (other users configured to logon to both computers) to confirm that you have emptied the print queue for all users and deleted the printer from all user profiles on both computers?
You may need to do this using the switch users option. It's a little different in Windows 8 and 8.1 just click your picture and the top right of the start screen and select another user (if multiple users are configured they should show up there).
Thank you. I tried that and found an account on the Work PC that still had the printer. But deleting it there didn't resolve the problem. (Sorry for the long post here, but I'm pulling my hair out). Now the zombie printer doesn't appear *anywhere* on the Work PC. But the problem persists on the Home PC.
This *must* be happening on the Home PC itself -- specifically, on the Admin account. The reason I say that is that if the Work PC is in sleep mode and I log in to the Admin account on the Home PC, the Work PC wakes up. No other account on Home PC does this. I've tried stopping printer and file sharing, but that didn't do it.
I think I've narrowed it down to the printer spooler on the Admin account (on the Home PC).
Here's the tip-off (and the brick wall I'm banging my head on)
1. Logged on the Admin account on the Home PC and went to Control Panel > Devices and Printers.
2. Selected the printer (the icon is usually grayed out, but I've caught it a couple of times when it's dark & get same results)
3. Click on "Print Server Properties" at the top of the screen.
4. In Print Server window, go to the Drivers tab and see all the different devices I can print to (fax, etc)
5. Select the rogue bastard from the list and click "Remove" button at the bottom.
6. Choose between two choices: (A) Driver only & (B) Driver and Package. I've tried both, but have tried "Driver and Package" more often, reasoning that if I delete more, there's less of a body to resurrect itself with.
7. Click "OK" and warning message says this will "Delete it from the system. Are you sure?" (Yes, you zombie demon, YES!)
8. Here's the resulting detailed message:
The following package(s) can not be deleted:
prnhp001.inf (x64)
This package contains the following driver(s) that are in use:
HP DeskJet 930C/932C/935C; This driver is used on:
\\WORK\HP DeskJet 930C/932C/935C
The following driver(s) can not be deleted:
Driver HP DeskJet 930C/932C/935C (x64) is in use. It is used on:
\\WORK\HP DeskJet 930C/932C/935C
9. This message is a misdirection. I've looked on the Work computer for files (including hidden) with the name prnhp001, but there isn't anything. The Work PC doesn't even have to be turned on and I get the same message.
Anyone up to the challenge? If so, many thanks and good karma will be coming your way!