Mac Mini (late 2012; Catalina) stopped communicating with my HP laserjet 1200

[drhm]

My Mac Mini (late 2012) stopped communicating with my HP laserJet 1200 after I updated OS to 10.15.7.   No error messages.  But, with System Preferences > Printers & Scanners > Print Queue window open, when I send a command to print a text file, I can see the progress bar.  No response by the printer.

I have reloaded the Apple print driver, but that is not effective.  Search the internet for a print driver and found nothing.  

Any idea what the problem is?

[TEJ1602]

@drhm, Welcome to HP Support Community!

How is the printer connected to the computer?

Have you tried resetting the printing system? If no, try the steps below-

• Click the Apple menu icon, and then click “System Preferences”.
• Click “Printers and Scanner” / “Print and Scan” or “Print and Fax”.
• Right-click the blank space in the Printers list, and then click “Reset printing system”.
• Click “Reset” in the confirmation window.
• Enter an administrator username and password, and then click “OK”.
• Wait until the printing system is reset and no devices show in the Printers list.

Now, add the printer and try printing.

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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