severe printing problems

Floyd, VA(Zone 6b)

I have worked on getting
my printer to behave a long time with no good results.

HP deskjet 4135 (manual available on line)

The lights come on as if it is ready to go.

Then some times they go off.

If I press print on Word, the machine makes noises as though it is going to do that, but then it doesn't.

the power and USB are properly connected.

The printer and computer don't seem to be communicating.

Printing has been messed up a long time. I cannot print from a web page.
I have to copy and paste to Word and print from there. Now, it won't even
do that.

When I attempt to print a web page, the box refers to HP Deskjet 3840 series:

UNKNOWN ERROR WHILE PRINTING

UPDATE 2/22 After a long sleep, the printer started up on its own and printed materials
(which I no longer need) from the "pipeline." Any suggestions?

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