Driver for LJET 3 printer under Windows 7 (64bit).

Question

It's a perfectly good printer that I bought in 1980s and it's been working great for all these years under the Windows all the way up to and including XP. Recently  I had to replace my XP PC by a Windows 7 (64bit) PC and I can't find a driver for it. Perhaps if anyone knows where I can get it...
There is also an issue with the cable - my new PC does not have a parallel port, so, I want to connect it to a USB port with a special cable "USB to Parallel IEEE 1284", which I assume is not going to give me "plug-and-play". When I click on Start ->Printers and Devices I can see a new device, IEEE-1284 Controller, not under Printers but under Unspecified.  It shows that there is no hardware assigned to it. Is it going to be possible for me to "assign" somehow my LJET-3 to that controller?

Answer 1

The problem is "solved" for individual consumers, but NOT SOLVED for those who work in companies with managed networks.  There's no way our proxy server is going to permit company-owned computers to connect directly to Windows Update.  The tech support people here have done what they can to look for a workaround, but there appears to be none.
I guess I can see this kind of brush-off happening with a cheap consumer printer.  However, this is a business-class product, so I'm surprised that HP didn't come up with a solution for business users who are very happy with their 1220Cs and who are still buying plenty of "genuine HP" ink cartridges at non-discount prices.
Is it that big a deal to make a generic driver available in downloadable form?
I realize I'm wasting my breath, but I'm disappointed -- and a bit surprised that HP would consider theirhalf-hearted response to be a "solution."   HP is telling us that it wants to "make it matter," but it is still trying to find its way.