Printing Problems with Vista (Wireless)

So I just got the Airport setup for the office network and everything is working perfectly. However, I am having problems printing with my laptop (wireless). Laptop is running Vista. I setup Bonjour and the document prints however whenever there is color, the file becomes corrupt and the actual print comes out distorted. This does not happen when I connect directly with a cable to the Airport.
I bought the Airport specifically for this feature and now that it does not work correctly is driving me nuts. Thanks for the help.

An IP address starting with 169 indicates that the computer did not properly communicate with the DHCP server. Therefore the computer assigns itself a random 169.x.y.z IP address.
Do you have MAC address filtering enabled on the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS)? If so the best thing to do is disable it. Or you could add the wireless MAC address of the PC to the list of allowed clients.

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4 Solution Menu
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5 MP Navigator EX
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6 Easy-PhotoPrint EX
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Canon Support (HK) – check your local site
http://www.canon.com.hk/en/download/main/index.do
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Multifunctional Printers
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Pixma
3. Choose a product model
Pixma MX868
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:10:13 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Printing problems with InDesign CS3 with Mac OS 10.6.3
I neglected to ask what version of indesign CS3 you are using. I also
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
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From: [email protected]
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Subject: default printer problems with adobe 10.1.2
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