OS X 10.6.1, Canon Pixma MP600R, and wireless Airport Extreme Base Station

I can't get my MacBook Pro on OS X 10.6.1 to recognise my Canon MP600R printer via my AEBS. There was no problem with its predecessor, an iBook on Tiger.
As well as the MacBook I've got a PC on XP Home + SP3. The setup I'm aiming for is USB access to the MP600R from the PC and wireless access from the MacBook. At present I've got USB access from both machines.
Having got into a mess with a previous attempt to set up wireless access from the MacBook I did the following:
1) Deleted the MP600R from both machines.
2) Reset the LAN Settings in the MP600R via its control panel.
3) Reinstalled the MP600R software on the PC.
4) Reinstalled the MP600R via USB on the PC.
5) Reinstalled the CUPS printer driver 10.26.1 from the Canon website on the MacBook.
6) Reinstalled the MP600R via USB on the Macbook.
Both machines can now print to the MP600R successfully if I plug its USB cable into the machine - via a hub for the PC, directly for the MacBook.
I tried to follow the advice given by Pahu on 30 October in response to similar problems encountered by Tommisauce. See the last post in:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2209420&tstart=0&messageID=104 93384#10493384
I did the following:
7) Connected the MP600R via USB to the MacBook
8) Preferences / Print & Fax / selected MP600R / Options & Supplies / Utility / Open Printer Utility / selected Network from drop-down list (under USB).
Nothing happened - the Printer List window was empty and the Network Setting and Maintenance buttons were greyed out.
I tried:
9) Preferences / Print & Fax / clicked on + to add a printer / selected Default.
No printer appeared in in the panel under Printer Name.
I printed the MP600R's LAN Settings via its control panel. It reported Wireless LAN enabled, Wired LAN enabled, and Printer Access Control off (it's also off in the AEBS at present).
On the MacBook there is no Canon IJ Network Utility. On the Canon website the only software which would work with OS X 10.6, apart from the CUPS printer driver, was MP Navigator, which I don't need on the MacBook.
I would be grateful for any advice on what to try next. I don't have a very firm grasp of what's going on, but try to follow instructions carefully.
Hopefully, Seamus O'Connell

Hello Seamus,
I think the issue you have is being caused by the Canon IJ Network Tool missing from your 10.6.1 Mac. I have done another clean install of 10.6.1 today on my test Mac and can see that the tool is not included by default. So this is probably the cause of the Network Settings button being disabled. You can download the tool via this link.
However, if the printer already has an IP address set, I thought that you would not need the tool. Again from my testing, I was able to connect to my MP980 connected via wireless to my Extreme without the IJ Tool being installed. I found that with the new v10.26 driver installed, the printer would eventually appear in the Default browser view after a short period of time. This delay caused some drama for users, as the scanner would appear in the view quickly, while the printer could take up to 10 seconds to appear. Also, with 10.5, the process to add the printer was via the More Printers > Canon IJ Network setting. This changed with 10.6, however Canon failed to mention this on their support web site.
Anyway, install the v2.7.0 IJ Network Tool and see if that helps to get you going again. Pls reply if you still need help.
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