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If you don't have the exact printer driver for your model of printer, you can usually print using another driver. Try the Laserjet 4 or Laserjet5 or Laserjet 2100 driver or something similar that comes with Vista.

I discussed the options of using a USB/parallel cable and adding a parallel PCI card. The USB one has no guarantee of actually emulating LPT1 with hardware addressing of 378h, which I've found to be an issue with some drivers. The PCI card was $40, and the new printer was $60. And it was a color inkjet with individual color carts, so less waste.

Just buy a second printer. I just bought a new HP LaserJet p1015 for seven tenths of a Ben Franlkin and it prints 15 ppm.

Update. I gave the customer the options and he didn't want any part of it. He wanted me to go buy any adapters and cables I would need and just try it. I explained that by the time he pays for all of that crap he could have paid for a decent printer.
He didn't care, I bailed.

A few days later my wife came home and told me that the other office manager was trying to get the adapters and cables but she discovered "It is a pain in the butt". I didn't say a word.

Probably the best thing that could have happened. Now you don't have to deal with it whenever whatever gets inststalled breaks or they can't figure it out.

When he comes back to you, and he will, tack on an extra 1.75 hours for what you've put in so far.

I think I know the reason he doesn't want his computer networked, and I think I know why he doesn't want any device tht has the appearance (to a novice) of letting other people see what's on his PC.