MP530 Wireless Printing Read Failure?

For years I have been printing from my MacBook Pro (OS X 10.6.8) wirelessly to my Canon MP530. Now suddenly I get the following error message - MP530 Unable to open printer (read failure)! I tried resetting the printer but that didn't work. I cabled the printer directly to my computer and was able to print using the MP530-1 configuration that came up. When I switched back to wireless I had to reset the printer and once again got the same error message. What could have happened to my printer connection??

First try rebooting your moden and router, then try going to system preferences>print and delete both printers from your profile, then re-add the Cannon M530 and make it your default printer.

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