Printer connecting problem

I bought an Epson All in One Photo RX680 and loade in everyting and when I try to print printer connecting bar just keeps going and will not ever connect. I am hooked up the airport extreme and I think for some reason my printer is not able to connect USB port.

Sorry, I assumed you were trying to connect the printer via Airport for wireless printing. So, you have the printer connected to the USB port on your Mac. When you hit command-P it should bring up the printing pane, with a 'Printers' drop-down menu at the top: what choices are you offered when you click on this?

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