EMac won't configure LaserWriter 4/600

I had to replace my hard drive last month and since then I can't use my LW 4/600 which I connect via AsanteTalk. I was using it on OS 9.2 before the crash, now the chooser won't let me configure or setup although it does show an icon for both LW and LW 8 printers.
I tried loading the LW 8 driver found on this website and that didn't work.
Then I tried downloading printer drivers for my OS 10.2 from both Gutenprint and Linux but everything goes fine until I have to hit the ADD button which is grayed out.
I have the printer software on 5 old floppies but my eMac will only take a CD.
Both OS X and OS 9.2 have been reloaded, I have tried powering out of the Asante and the printer, I have tried everything I have read to do on this site and nothing works. I really thought the software should have been included in the OS 9.
I have worked literally for days on this problem and I have a terrific headache.
Help would be much appreciated.
MJ

Your Asantetalk is a USB to localtalk adapter? Or, are you talking about an ethernet to localtalk connection and not USB?
If it is really ethernet, you are probably losing your IP address when you disconnect from satelite. In OS X Network prefs, create a new "Location" (I'd call it printing or something like that) where you set configure built-in ethernet Manually and enter a local-only IP address like 192.168.1.5, and also turn on appletalk.
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