No printer to be found?

I was just about to print something off, went to Print Preview but a message popped up saying that no printer was found.  It turns on fine and I checked the wires, they're plugged in.  I went to the Printers and Faxes area, and it's blank, so I clicked on Add a Printer, but it told me the "Print spooler service is not running."

The computer is a Dell Dimension 8400, the printer is also Dell, a combination printer/scanner.  Any ideas as to why it's suddenly not working?

Thanks >>7, also, would the Dell website have the drivers I'd need or no?