Problems installing my Canon MX870 on my Mac

I just bought a Canon MX 870 and i haven't be able to set up a wireless conection to my Mac Pro. When i tried to set up with the Canon IJ Network tool.... this message appears:
The printer could not be detected. Please confirm the following:
- The network settings are correct.
- The printer is turned on.
- The printer is not used from another computer.
I have been trying other solutions that i found in other topics but iit didn't work
HELP PLEASE!

Hello, Laguaji. Two things:
1/ We just finally burned out a Canon Pixma MP something-or-other, which was years old, and was supposed to run on Windows and on Macs. However, we found when we tried to make that happen that it could only run on +one or the other+! Canon tech support had been very responsive by email, but I still chastised them for over-enthusiastic advertising. (I think they got over it.) Whether that still applies or not I have no idea. But the explanation +at the time+ was that the printer itself self-configured differently depending on whether it was set up for Windows or for Mac OS X, and could not be configured for both.
2/ I replaced my old Canon with a Pixma MX 870, and it is wonderful (after one day). We're an "all-Mac" household now so cannot test my old PC vs. Mac issue. Anyway, installing the software from CD, we get to the Canon IJ Network Tool, and eventually it tries to locate the printer - and failed to do so, repeatedly. I could easily see on the Airport Utility that the printer's wireless setup had worked and it had an IP. I could even tell that the System Preferences' Printer and Fax pane's "+" button could detect the printer. But the IJ Network Tool could not. The operator's manual directed me here and there and I tried what I could but what do I know about IP filters, etc., and finally I just tried what I found around here somewhere, and added it from Printer and Fax. That worked perfectly. Then, to access it from my wife's MacBook, we had to use the CD again, and - this time the IJ Network Tool found the printer right away. That enabled us to "register" (whatever that means), etc., although not on the "primary" computer. Then I went through the same with my MacBook and the "find printer" part of the installation never even appeared. The installation program just skipped it, and was done.
So, that's all just weird, and none of that appears in the "multiple computers" section of the installation guide, but *testing so far with printing, faxing, copying and scanning from multiple computers is working fine*.
(By the way, we had replaced the old Canon with an HP Officejet 8500 910, and it was horrible. It kept locking up and needing to be rebooted [and then did a Gates-style "always turn off with power button" message, whereas whatever it did to itself it did to itself], and the wireless connection was not stable ... after days of this and three tech-support calls, I returned it for a no-argument refund at Staples and got the Canon. I understand that the HP Officejet 8500s have done that to lots of other people, judging by the many, many such forum threads around the Net on that subject. The Canon took too long to install because of the "not detected" message, and the many steps I took to work through that, but at least it seems to be working.)
I tried to run Canon's Speed Dial Utility just now on my iMac, and the printer was again "not detected" ... sheesh!
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