Canon MP500 connected to AirPort Extreme won't communicate with my desktop

My Canon Pixma MP500 (which we really like) is connected to my new AirPort Extreme Base station via the USB port. My PC is attached via network cable to the base station. I have a MacBook. When printing to my printer from my PC, the printer doesn't communicate back to the PC that it is printing. Plus, I have lost the ability to determine the ink levels. I'm sure all of this is tied to bidirectional communication between the printer and the computer. Both of my computers (desktop PC and MacBook) print to the printer with no problem, but I have lost the other features. I can't scan on my printer now with the MP Navigator software. For example, when I print from the pc, there is an error message that the printer is not available, even though it prints ok.
Is there any way to leave the connection the way it is and to modify the AirPort Utility software to allow the bidirectional communication with the printer? Any other advice? I bought the AirPort Extreme base station to have printing from my MacBook, now I think I have mis-spent the money.
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
interestingly enough I have the very same problem with a Canon MP830. My Windows PC and MacBook Pro running XP as well will happily print but there is no feedback.
But I also had this problem with different non-Apple access points with integrated print server. So this seems not to be a special Airport Extreme problem.
Canon support told me to buy a Silex print server.
Hope someone can resolve this.
Regards,
Wolfgang

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