Can I print to an OS-Classic compatible printer using Tiger?

My husband works in an office that recently brought in a Sharp DM-4551 copier/printer. He takes our Powerbook G4 running Tiger to work and so far hasn't been able to find a way to print. The only drivers we can find online are for Windows or OS Classic.
I did download the OS Classic driver, and even installed the OS Classic environment in hopes of then installing the driver. If I'm able to complete the installation, is it possible to then print from OS X applications? Or will it only be possible to print from OS Classic applications?
On a side note, I have been stalled in my installation of the OS Classic driver. The Classic environment seems to work just fine. The driver and all its documentation is in a folder on my desktop. When I open it and run the installer, a box pops up asking me to insert the installation disk. There is no disk, but all that would be on a disk is in that folder on my desktop. I can't figure out how to tell the installer to look at the desktop folder instead of looking for a disk. It won't continue the installation without insertion of a disk. I tried burning the install folder onto a CD and inserting the CD when the installer asked for a disk, but somehow it guessed that this was not the original installation disk, and wouldn't take it.
This is really obnoxious to not be able to print from Tiger to this Sharp DM-4551. Please, please please, is anyone who can help??! We would be so grateful to get this issue fixed!!

Okay so I downloaded Gimp Print (now called GutenPrint) and installed the latest version. I even found the Sharp DM-4551 in the list of printers when I went to set up the driver. The hangup is now in filling in the appropirate information. What I mean is that when I set up the printer driver using GutenPrint, I'm asked for protocol, IP address and Queue name. For protocol, I chose IP, as stated in the GutenPrint directions. The IP address I obtained from another user in the office who prints to the DM-4551 with her Dell with no problems. I'm stuck on Queue, though, and can't get any further without knowing what goes in that blank. I've tried leaving it blank, and entering "lp" as instructed in the GutenPrint documentation. When I try to print, it says it's connecting and then never can connect to the printer. It finally just times out. Where do I find what to enter for "queue"?

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