Wireless Printing with a linksys wireless print server

I am new to Mac and I am trying to install my printer Via wireless, I am totally lost I can't even get my printer model into the printer list, I know this is a vague question but any help would be appreciated.

The Linksys print servers do not claim compatibility with Macs, so you may have some difficulty with this. You may find the discussion in this thread helpful:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5516580#5516580

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