Canon Pixma w/ Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2? - or other printer ideas???

Hi, I apparently need to replace a Canon i560 which is only printing
black and yellow. Have
run the usual gamut of trying to clean printhead. No luck and tired of
trying.
Problem might be resolved with a new printhead but of course,
for a few dollars more......

I can get a new Pixma 4200 cheap.. (or 1700). The only drivers
mentioned by Canon are OSX+.

Problem is I happen to still use a PowerMac G3 which I run OS 8.6 on,
and the 560 still had a driver designated for that. I want to switch
between an OSX laptop and this older desktop which i could do with the
i560...

Any third party options or other suggestions on what driver might work
with OS 8/9 for a newer Pixma printer?
Otherwise, I'm open to good suggestions for a workhorse budget inkjet
that will do the job.. Most stuff I do is
text but i have a moderate need for basic color printing. Not much
photo printing...just text/graphic stuff.
Ideally I'd move to a laser but i assume price range and operating cost
is way higher than this ballpark.

Greatly appreciate your advice

In article <1168117120.314384.111000 RemoveThis @s80g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"mike e" <mikes425 RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:

> Any third party options or other suggestions on what driver might work
> with OS 8/9 for a newer Pixma printer?



I'm using a HP 3550