Time Capsule and Lexmark S605 Wireless Printing

I have been a happy Mac user for years now and have convinced nearly all of my friends to make the switch. However, I recently a new MacBookPro which was bundled with a Lexmark S605 printer last week and have had nothing but issues...complete opposite of my previous experiences with Apple.
I cannot get this Lexmark printer set up to work over the Wifi connection to my time capsule. Have just updated the time capsule firmware and I still receive the "unable to connect to router" error on the printer (although it does recognize the network in the network list on the printer, it just will not connect). The wifi indicator on the printer is blinking in orange.
Has anyone else experienced this issue? Any help in getting this printer to work on my Wifi network would be much appreciated.
Richard

Have you setup MAC Address access restrictions on your time capsule? If yes your lexmark mac-address can be found opening your printer.
two recommendations:
1) Although the s605 is wireless-n capable it works only on the 2.4 Ghz Band
2) Don't install the Apple Lexmark Update (1 and 2) if you want to use it over wifi. Just install drivers and utilities from lexmark site.
regards

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