Old g4 powerbook and hp laserjet 1018

Printer preferences shows the 1018 is present at ready, but it wont print. The only information I've found apparently requires I be a developer and download a 1gig file. I went with mac because I'm not real technical and my experience has been that it will operate anything. And I'm told this is a great little work horse of a printer. What do I have to do to make this work that wont send me back to school?

When I double click the
load laserjet_firmwarev4.comm a terminal window
opens and I get this...
Printer HPLaserJet1018:
No printer queue found for HP LaserJet 1000.
No printer queue found for HP LaserJet 1005.
Cannot locate firmware file.
No printer queue found for HP LaserJet 1020.
logout
[Process completed]
What am I doing wrong?
The above would indicate that you possibly missed step during the installation process of the foo2zjs drivers. At the end of the installation process, a Terminal window should have opened and led you through the process of downloading and installing the firmware file from the internet. That is why there is the line "Cannot locate firmware file" when you try to load the firmware.
Please do the following:
1. Mount the disk image that contains the foo2zjs drivers.
2. Look in the folder Helpers. Locate the file InstallPrinterExtras.
3. Make sure you are online.
4. Double click the InstallPrinterExtras file. A Terminal window will open. Follow the instructions. This should download and install the correct firmware file for your printer. If there are any indications that this did not work, please copy all the text in the Terminal window and paste it in a reply to this post.
Once you successfully complete the above, you should be able to use the loadLaserJetfirmware file to send the firmware to the printer.
Matt
Mac Mini G4; B&W G3/300    

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