Mac can't find my time capsule

Macbook can't find my time capsule.  Has been working fine for a few years but now it isn't.  I can connect to the internet but it won't do backups and can't print to printer wirelessly (hooked up through time capsule).  Did a hard reset on the TC.  Light is green but still no luck.  Any suggestions that might keep me from having to go to the Apple store?

When I activate Time Machine and have it do a backup it'll get sSotuck on "preparing backup" with the little clock icon spinning backwards.... and never start the backup.
That could be an issue with the computer hard disk corruption.
Or corruption in the backup.
Did you turn off wireless whilst this was happening??
That is important to stop double connection.
Do A4 full reset of TM .. and A5 verify of the source and backup disk.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Perhaps the other way around.
The model number is A1302.
So, I'm kinda stumped at this point.
You do know your TC is old.. well beyond the normal useby date..
The power supply may well be on the way out.. this can cause multiple issues as they go flakey just before dying completely.
I recommend you get a USB drive and do a full TM backup to that. If that works fine, and you have nothing in the old backups you want.. (there should not be as TM is not an archival storage system). Wipe the TC disk and start over. You can also archive the existing backup to a USB drive if you want before deletion.
TC is waving the red flag to you.. be thankful you got a warning and take steps.

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