Networking and printer- making hard wire Hp Officejet wireless

Question-
How does one make a hard wired printer wireless?
I have 3 macs that are set up wirelessly for internet.
2 running 10.5 ( Mac book & Imac G5) and one running 10.4 ( Power Mac G4 ).
I have a belkin wireless G router .
I ran to walmart last night to buy a printer ( HP officejet 6500)I saw online that was supposed to be wireless. I went to the store picked up a box under the labeled display model - got home set it up and found it was the hard wired version.
So I found that I had a belkin wireless router and think that i should be able to make this wireless vie the router just dont know how...I have it hooked up via ethernet port but cant find the printer.
I can find the router but not the printer...
Any pointers and instructions will be greatly appreciated..
thanks in advance--
Antny

If you installed the Drivers, look in the Applications Folder for a Folder named Hewlett-Packard, containing these files...
Device Utilities
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HP Device Manager.app
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HP Photosmart Edit.app
HP Photosmart Print.app
HP Photosmart Share.app
HP Photosmart Stitch.app
HP Photosmart Studio.app
HP Software Update.app
HP Uninstaller
HP Uninstaller.app
Run the HP Device Manager.app & see if it finds it. Or open up the Device Utilities Folder with...
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