Printer spool has no dependencies -Vista 32 bit

Hello
I have installed my printer onto my Dell laptop yet nothing was printing. Have updated the printer driver and have also been in touch with HP who tried numerous things to solve the non print issue.
Apparently my printer spool shows 'No Dependencies' and there does not seem any way to correct this and I require RPC to be attached and also an undocked profile.
We have tried the regedit and further instructions posted on printer spool problem pages but to no avail.
Can anyone please help as I am not at my wits end!!
Many thanks in advance

Hi，
What is the detailed error messages? Any more information in the event viewer?
Have you manually checked the dependencies of the print spooler service in Services manager, does it looks as below
make sure that the RPC service is started, after that, please restart printer spooler service, and clear the any existing content in the spool folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS
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