I don't know how this happened or what this means. When trying to print a test page, the 'ready' light on the printer begins to print, but nothing else happens.Īfter experimenting with different settings, I was able to get a page to print that said '*s1M'. I 'Added a New Printer', selected port 'USB001 virtual printer port for USB', then selected the correct print driver (after having 'Windows Update' retrieve a longer When powering on the printer, W7 installedĪ IEEE-1284 controller that shows up in the Unspecified list of Devices in the control panel. I bought a USB to parallel cable to connect the PC to the printer. I have a new Dell PC (Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit) that doesn't have a parallel port to permit me to connect an old HP Laserjet 4 printer.