Can't find Canon printer model

Hi,
I am tring to print from my MBP over my home network to my Canon PIXMA MP830 multifunction printer which is attached to a PC via USB.
I have set up the network, and I can see the printer on MSHOME, and the drivers are installed on both machines, but when I choose the printer in the Printer Setup Utility, and then go to select the printer model, it's not there. I can print using a different model (eg BJC-7100 GIMP), but it's clearly not the right model / driver, as the print is faded. I've tried the other models available, but they either don't print at all, or print the page at half the size.
If I connect the printer directly to the MBP, it recognises it immediately, and prints with no problems, similarly if I print directly from the PC - no probs.
It appears I need to get a specific PIXMA MP830 driver into the printer model list. Any ideas how this can be done?
Thanks

It's probable that the printer driver for OS X is not a universal binary driver. In order to use it you will need to do the following:
1. Select the Printer Setup Utility and press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window.
2. Check the box labeled "Run in Rosetta."
3. Close Get Info window.
Now run the Printer Setup Utility. You should now be able to find and install the correct printer driver. Of course I'm assuming you have installed the MP830 OS X driver. If not you can download the current driver from Canon.
You will have to keep the Printer Setup Utility set to run in Rosetta until Canon provides a universal binary version of the MP830 driver. This will cause the print system to run a bit slower.

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