Printing through a wireless print server

I've got a Macbook running 10.4.11 that connects wirelessly to my home network. I recently purchased a Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo NAS that has a built-in print server. I connected my printer to the NAS and can print wirelessly from all my PCs, but not my Mac. The Mac sees the printer as a "generic postscript printer", however, when I try and print, it goes "ding" and doesn't do anything. I've tried changing from "generic" to my printer model, but my model (Canon MP160) doesn't show up on the list. I've gone and installed the drivers from Canon, but it still doesn't show up in the list of available Canon models.
Otherwise, the NAS works fine from all computers.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Whew! After researching and researching, I tried downloading and installing the latest Gutenprint package. It included CUPS drivers for a Canon printer very close to mine and when selecting this printer in the setup, it seems to work OK. Not perfect, but it does work.
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/

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