Printing from Classic to HP 5180 all in one

I just got a new HP 5180 all in one printer. It works great on my OS X apps. But nothing sees to make it visible to my Classics apps. Which no I cannot upgrade and yes I still need. It's not visible in the Chooser, when I try LaserWriter 8 I get a message about AppleTalk. What can I do?
eMac   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  
eMac   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

The HP 5180 has no driver for pre OS X operating systems which is understandable given the antiquity of OS 9. The earliest it supports is 10.3 Panther.
Given that printing is a fairly pervasive computer activity, you could either migrate your printing needs to OS X, or hunt around for an antique printer that worked under OS 9.

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