Printing from Classic App to new HP printer

My new HP 6988dt will not print from a Classic App. Is there a Classic printer driver that will produce a file that could then be printed? (Something like the "Save as PDF" option in OS X print dialog.)
Pete

Greg,
LaserWriter 8 requires an active Appletalk but I can't make it active - it keeps saying I have to be connected to an Appletalk network. I have Appletalk turned on in Network preferences (using ethernet) since I attempt to communicate with an iMac on occasion but that doesn't.
I posed a similar question in the Classic forum and received info about a shareware Classic print driver called PrintToPDF which does produce a pdf file. This requires the extra step of printing the pdf file but at least I can get to the printer.
Thanks for your help. If you have a suggestion as to how I can get the LaserWriter 8 driver to function, I would like to try that route as it might be more direct.
In answer to Jerry's suggestion, I not only looked for a Classic driver, I emailed HP tech support. The world is moving too fast; I went looking for an update for my Scanjet 3670 and find HP isn't providing any support or even acknowledging it's existence except in archives.

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