Problem printing wirelessly​.

I have a Photosmart C4500 and I'm using Mac OSX 10.5.8. When I remove the USB cable and try to print, I get the error message "Network host 169.254.189.211 is busy, will retry in 20 seconds". I installed a new Modem/Router combo- Netgear and tried to reconfigure the printer to work with the new Router but it won't work wirelessly. What do I need to do to get my printer to print wirelessly?
Thanks!

From that IP it doesn't look like the Mac sees the printer.  Most likely that's because the Mac is looking for an invalid IP address.  The IP address your Mac is looking for is a Windows reserved IP.  It's the address the printer broadcasts by default when it's not able to connect to a network.  I should be able to help you figure this out.  Which of the C4500 series printers are you using?
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