How to connect HP desk jet 5550

I have an HP Deskjet 5550 printer - nearly 10 years old.  Still works great.
But, I can't get my new iMac to print properly.  The original printer software is for the PowerPC version of my older iMac.  Can't boot up that software on the new iMac with OS X Mountain Lion.
Any way to get this to work?  Or do I need to buy a new printer?

According to this article on HP's web site:
Product not supported in Mac OS X v10.6 (Snow Leopard) or later
the 5500 series is not supported under Mac OS 10.6 or later. If they posted the model in that list (which they do), there is little chance they will have a newer driver that will work. That being the case, you might look over this site:
http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/
to see if they have a workabout.

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