Print without a print driver?

I have an old printer  (Kodak 8650) that has a SCSI, Appletalk, and Parallel interface.  I currently print via a Windows XP VM using Parallels and a IP to Parallel interface.  Unfortunately, I can't print directly from OS X since I don't have a driver for that printer.  What I currently do is print to a PDF in the Mac, then print that PDF via Adobe Reader in the Windows VM.  What I would like to do is print that PDF directly from OSX or better yet, simply choose that print server as my printing device and let it do the necessary format conversion automatically.

I don't know anything about that device, but you might be able to add it as an IP printer with the following settings. If PostScript doesn't work, try PCL.
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