How to connect a printer to a wireless connection using airport/time capsule

How do you connect a Cannon MP620 printer to the wireless network with my time capsule/airport?  It was set up before but I've had to redo all the settings with a new Time Capsule and now the printer isn't working.  Can't remember how I set it up before.  Didn't seem that hard back then.
Thanks!

So you plugedd the printer into the time capsule usb right?
You need to re-add the printer in the system preferences one more time because the location has moved.

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