Windows7 cant connect shared printer on vista.

i try to connect to a hp laserjet 4 plus shared printer on a vista machine from my  windows 7 laptop.  I locate the printer on the network  but i get an error message "No driver found. windows cant find a driver for hp laserjet 4 plus on the network."
 I try to locate the driver but hp said its buit into windows 7.
 Help please
Thanks
Yowa4

Hi Denis and welcome to the discussions
Which printer do you have?
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