Time Capsule Set up to back up & print....Help!

My set up
MB pro & imac
I have a broadband router for internet access that I must use but this is some 5m away from the imac & printer.
Therefore I need to use the TC wirelessly to be able to connect the printer to it (via USB)
I’m having major difficulties in
Hooking the tc up to the wireless router so that the imac & MB pro see it and back up to it
Getting either the MB or imac to see the printer on the network so I can print to it (its saying the printer is offline when its not)
I have tried bridging it to the existing network but it then hangs on doing the backup. It also won’t pick up the printer.
Any ideas gratefully received as the apple instructions aren’t terribly great for a networking novice such as myself!

Forgot to say. Its a 1Tb G3 time capsule. Thanks!

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