How do I get my Postscript printers to be postscript in OSX 10.4.4?

I've been working on a Mac G4 OS9 system and I just set-up my new Mac G5 OSX 10.4.4 computer. I have a HP LaserJet 4mv and a HP DeskJet 1220C/ps postscript printer. I've been able to print to these printers, but I can't get them to print as postscript printers. When I send a file that has graphics that need postscript quality, I get a message that informs me that this "non-postscript" printer will exclude necessary information that would print this file in postscript quality. My DeskJet 1220C supposely has postscript 3 built-in. It also came with the "PressReady" software which is OS9 compatible, but OSX will not let me install it. Any suggestions? (I have some other printing issues in Quark 6.5, but I thought I better solve this problem first.)
Dale E
Power Mac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.4)   160 HD Dual G5, hp LaserJet 4mv, hp DeskJet 1220c/ps, Epson Stylus CX4200

Thanks to Gregg's advice I think I've solved my problems now. I have several printers as you see listed below. I got my LaserJet 4mv to be postscript by designating that PPD in the OSX list that resided on the computer. (My error had been I had designated the LaserJet 4m, instead of the LaserJet 4mv 600 postcript which was further down on the list.) I could get my printers to print, I just couldn't get them to print postcsript. The DeskJet 1220c proved more difficult. I located the driver on OSX – no luck. (I discovered that you have to go down the whole list of HP printers, because some of these downloads will put the drivers at the bottom of the HP PPD list.) I downloaded some of the print drivers/ghostscript files from linux - no luck. I finally went to www.printfab.net/ to purchase a driver from them. I downloaded it as a demo to make sure it worked and I have had success with it. It printed as postscript right from the start, but I had some issues with color correctness. After making a test image sheet and printing it on many different settings, I finally found one that worked. I actually found that I had to turn off ghostscript in the main menu to get better color representation. I also had to create a "custom" paper size for letter and tabloid to get the printer to position the file correctly. It works now, but you can see it takes some tweaking. Good Luck.
Power Mac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.4)   160 HD Dual G5, hp LaserJet 4mv, hp DeskJet 1220c/ps, Epson Stylus CX4200

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