HP PPDs, OS X10.5 and Quark &.3

My HP ColorLaserJet 2550 Series doesn't show in Device Options pop-up menu of Quark 7.3 print dialog. I can only print using "Generic Color" so I'm unable to access paper size options of the printer. The Library>>Printer>>PPD on my hard-drive doesn't have the PPD. Downloaded/installed what HP site says is the correct driver, no luck. In fact, a custom install of the .dmg download says that the PPD files can't be installed on the machine (probably because they were made for Classic OS when I first bought the machine which now runs Leopard). I thought the HP download would have been an upgrade of the PPD that would run on OS 10.5. Does MAC have a set of PPDs somewhere where I can get ones that didn't come with the install? Or, am I just out of luck and have to but a new printer? Help?

Welcome to Apple Discussions,
Yes, the PPD for your printer is on the Leopard DVD. You can extract it from the installation disk using Pacifist.
Launch Pacifist. Insert your Leopard DVD. When it appears on the desktop, drag and drop the icon of the DVD onto the Pacifist window, or click the "Open Apple Install Discs" button. Once Pacifist is done reading in the packages on the disk, enter 2550 in the Find bar at the top. A sheet will pop out on the right. Highlight the file "HP Color LaserJet 2550.gz". Pacifist will jump to that file in the left pane. You may need to scroll a bit to find it. Click on it there and click the Install button at the upper left. Do the same with the file "HP Color LaserJet 2550.icns" that you'll also see in the sheet at the right.

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