Wireless printing - what do I need?

I am thinking of buying a Canon Pixma 5200R printer
which according to the description prints wirelessly.
I intend to plug the printer in over the otherside of
the room to my Mac. I have an airport extream card in
the mac. Do I need any other equipment to print
wirelessly?
You will need a wireless router, the 5300r will not work in ad-hoc mode and you need a wireless router to work in infrastructure mode.
iFelix

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