Difficulty Installing a Printer

I am having difficlty installing my printer, I have an "old" HP Laser Jet 4 Plus that is serving me well on my desktop computer ( this printer is a real "workhorse !!! ).I just pruchased a Toshiba Laptop ( Model - T 135D ). I purchased a printer cable that is a USB to a Parallel Printer port. I installed the driver for the printer and my laptop identifies the printer but does not print ( in the status column I get the message "error - printing". Can anyone help me ?

knives wrote:
Check if the driver is compatible with Windows 7.
It is. The drivers are included in Windows 7.
If you don't post your COMPLETE model number it's very difficult to assist you. Please try to post in complete sentences with punctuation, capitals, and correct spelling. Toshiba does NOT provide any direct support in these forums. All support is User to User in their spare time.

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Try here...
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