Can OS 9 Classic print to PDF?

I have a Word Perfect 3.5 for 0S 9 document on an old Powerbook G4-DVI-800MHz (the Powerbook is 2002, the document is from 1995) that I can't seem to convert to any format that any version of MS Word from 2003-2011 can read.
OS 9 Classic won't connect to any of my current printers.
I'd settle for printing to PDF, but that doesn't seem to be possible from OS 9.
I thought it was, but I don't remember how. Does anyone?
Thanks,
Mike
[email protected]

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Hi.
The problem is now fixed by help of HP.
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