Canon MX870 printer problem

Could somebody please help me to fix the problem with my printer Canon MX870? The connection is via wireless.
It has been printing without problems until recently. Now I keep getting this error message, even after I have uninstalled the driver for the printer and intalled it again from the CD, and then upgraded it on the Canon website. Any ideas?
Lots of thanks in advance.

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