HP DeskJet 400 stopped printing in Windows XP

> I upgraded my system in May 2002 but kept my old HP
> DeskJet 400. I loaded the print driver sucessfully in May
> 2002 and the system has worked fine until just several
> weeks ago. Now the printer will only print out garbage or
> ASCII encoded lines. I tried relaoding the XP compatible
> print driver, but the system still will not print
> properly, not even the Print Test Page. I have gone
> through all the trouble-shooting techniques listed in the
> XP Help Menu and on the HP website, but still no luck. The
> only thing that I have not tried is changing out the
> printer cable, that will be next. Anyone out there that
> can shed some light on this problem it will be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> KC