Printer shows up as a Scanner- HELP!

All of a sudden, after 6 months of normal use, my PhotoSmart C5180 printer stopped communicating through my wireless router to my MacBook Air. I deleted all of my printers, and searched for the printer to reload. Now, it sees the printer name/model, but under the column "type" it says "Bonjour Scanner", and thus it does not show up in the printer list when I go to print a document. I have reset the router, reset the printer to it's factory presets, restarted the computer, etc- to no avail. I can not get the printer to be seen as a printer any more!!!
Please help if you have any ideas, as I'm a bookkeeper that now can not print checks!

Is the printer connected to the router? Print a Wireless Network Test from the front of the printer to tell.
If it is connected and you are using OS 10.6 through 10.8, download and install this: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907
Reset the printing system:
- Go to System Preferences > Print & Scan
- Right (or control) click in the rectangle listing your printers and select Reset Printing System.
WARNING - this will delete ALL of your printers!
- Select the plus sign to re-add a printer. Select the Defualt tab on the top of the window. Look for the printer, select it and wait until the "Add" button becomes available. Click it.
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