Once again, thanks for your help guys!!
Tried printing off a few things with the Dell printer - definately was not impressed!!
Seemed very grainy (is that a word)??
Anyhow, Have agreed to give this to a family member who requires a basic printer. Also, I've given my existing printer (HP Deskjet 950C) away with the old computer to my niece!! Tried to find a printer that would work with the Windows 98 system with a parallel port connection - couldn't find one!! Bearing in mind that my niece is 5 years old and survives solely to visit the Cbeebies website, she is extremely exited at the prospect of getting her own computer (even if it is to tide her over until they can afford a new one!!) Makes you feel good to see someone so enthusiastic and grateful for something that you no longer have a use for!!
We decided to buy an all in one printer (because the existing scanner was incompatible with the new one. Ended up buying a Hewlett Packard PSC1315. Am I impressed or what??!! Extremely fast as regards to scanning, copying and printing (and you dont even need to connect it to the computer to copy something - good if you're in a rush!!!!!). It cost us £84.99 in Argos but this seems cheap to me for what you're getting (they also had the PSC1350 but I found out that this was no longer a current product from HP - they dont make it anymore).
James