Computer printer connection problem

Thank you so much in advance for your input.

Printer: Hp Laserjet 5N

Computer: HP pavilion

Operating system: Win 10

 

The printer is old, but it works fine.  I used parallel cable to connect the printer to my old laptop Acer 5610.  It was working fine.  Now I have a new laptop HP pavilion running win 10.  When I connected the printer with the new laptop using the same parallel cable, the computer has the msg "USB device not recognized."

 

It seems HP does not support many old printers and scanners anymore.  Is there any way to make my printer work?  I have been hoping to make thing work since I am actually interested in the area.  I used to help people with simple installations and simple problems, even though I am not that good.

If there is not any solution, which printer would you recommend?  I don't print a lot, maybe 10 pages a month.  So I want to find a cheap one.  If the refill is expensive, it should not bother me since I am unlikely to replace the ink soon.

Thanks again

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• Black and white is good enough. -joeyli- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 11:59:45

• if you can't find a driver for the new operation system you have -borisg- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:03:04

• no needed，it come w/windows -味苦- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 19:51:20

• 很奇怪，你的新laptop居然还有parallel接口？ 你应该用USB把打印机和新laptop连起来 -王伍- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:05:30

• No parallel port on laptops -joeyli- ♀ (134 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:08:51

• 如果这样的话，你需要到打印机制造商的网站上去找一个驱动程序 -王伍- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:11:15

• Thanks, but HP does not support the old printers anymore -joeyli- ♀ (45 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:17:42

• 你不需要找win10的驱动程序，可以找8.1的，也可以是win7的 -王伍- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:21:13

• 我的win10 好像是自己 detect -郁金香花园- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:25:49

• 她的打印机太老1，win10不认了 -王伍- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:26:55

• I think you are right :) -joeyli- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:27:44

• Thanks for your help -joeyli- ♀ (154 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:28:55

• Printer 型号不一定要一模一样，同系列driver可以 -郁金香花园- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:22:40

• 我有你同样的问题， 为此目前我退休的laptop还留着，就为打印。 不知道新laptop里装个虚机再装win7 是不是能解决 -女球迷- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:34:43

• That can be a problem -joeyli- ♀ (156 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:42:16

• 讓W10幫你找driver -南天北云- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 12:36:10

• This is a great network printer,just need set a IP address,比如192 -味苦- ♂ (422 bytes) () 03/16/2016 postreply 19:46:49