If you feel confident that you installed the driver according to the link I attached earlier and still no go, I would abandon the idea of installing the printer using an LPT port. They are primitive. The LPT port must be active and I remember lots of problems with interrupts (IRQ) settings. I assume it's an older printer.
Use the USB method and REINSTALL the printer using the USB method according to the owners manual. You can find it online if you don't have it.
If that fails, rather than beat yourself up over this, take romanpaulas advice and pick up an HP printer.
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