Setup Laserjet 4050 with Parallel to USB cable on new computer (win 8.1)

I am trying to setup my old Laserjet 4050 on my new Windows 8.1 (64bit) computer.  I have gotten a parallel to USB cable and tried to download the latest drivers but the it is not identifing the printer (doesn't show up in the "printers" section of the control pannel).  Help - any suggestions as to how to get it set up would be appreciated.  I love this printer (it has worked for 6 years without a problem).

Plug the ethernet cable into the jet direct card and the other end into the router. Now turn on the printer while holding down the green button until you see cold reset in the display and release the green button. When the printer comes to ready, wait about 2 minutes and then go to the information menu on the printer and print a configuration page. You will get 2 pages with the second page being the network settings. You use the ip address it found to load the printer on the computer. You will go to add printer, next, local printer, next and at the bottom will be a create port item. Click on it and in the drop down choose standard tcp/ip printer and then follow the prompts on the screen. When you get to the makers page choose hp on the left and then any laserjet pcl5 or postscript driver and finish up and it should work. Good Luck.

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