Epson Printing in Classic mode using a wireless network

I have an OS X powerbook connecting to a wireless network. The user I'm working with has a Classic application that she needs to be able to print from. I am able to set her up to print fine in OS X wirelessly, but can't figure out what to do for classic. She is trying to print to an Epson C86, and the problem is that I can not find a PPD file for this printer. I was going to set her up using the desktop printer utility and LPR. The problem is that the generic driver doesn't work for her, and I can't use the chooser to select this printer with the wireless network. Any suggestions?? I have been told that AppleTalk will not work over a wireless network so I'm sort of at a loss of what to do next. Thanks !!!
eMac Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Ended up not printing wirelessly! Couldn't find a work around

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