Trouble installing Canon printer on my Mac

I am having trouble installing the Canon C3220 printer on my Mac powerbook 15-inch 1.3Ghz. It has 10.3.9 on it. The Canon printer sits on my work network. I have installed the lastest Mac printer driver for the C3220. When I got to set up the printer. I choose the Kind of printer, then I get the following message: unable to communicate with device. I then try to set the printer up manually, but then nothing prints to the printer. Other mac users on my network can print to the printer, and they have the same driver installed on their machine. Is there something I am doing incorrect? I tried contacting our Canon suppliers, but they do not know how to use Mac machines. I have another network Canon printer installed on my machine whicgh I can print to fine. So not too sure if it is something wrong with my machine or with how the printer is set up.

saying something about PowerPC applications and i have no idea what that is.
Basically, in layman terms, they are applications that can only run on non-Intel computers.  Support for PowerPC applications I believe stopped with the Lion os system.  Which one do you have?  Your system profile is lacking this information.
Am i going to have to buy a new printer??
More than likely if your printer does meet the system requirements.  You will need to call HP tech support or visit the HP website, look for your model printer & read its system requirements.  If your printer does meet your system requirements, its possible you all you need to do is update the printers drivers.

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