Hello.  I am trying to network wirelessly a Canon Pixma ip1500 printer to my home wireless network.  I cannot install the proper software on one of my computers, a Dell Inspiron 2200 running Windows XP Home.  The installation software for the computers installed on the other computers that I use.

 

Linksys support and help is neither supportive nor helpful.  I have two questions, and I am grateful (really grateful!) for any help:

 

1.    The installation software hangs when the software is copying the installation files to my computer at 96% complete.  Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, do you have a solution?  The Linksys forums have many posts on this issue, but none of the suggested fixes have worked for me, so I am soliciting alternative thoughts here.

 

2.     As a workaround, it has been suggested to me to try to add a TCP/IP port to the printer, and try to print using LPR.  I only dimly understand the significance and technical stuff underlying all of this, but I think I have done what I was supposed to do to set this up.  It does not work, however, and it appears the problem is with the queue setting.  Neither L1 (the suggested setting by Linksys), or alternative settings (L2, L3, USB1) work, either.  I would be grateful if someone could advise me of the method to determine the proper queue setting.

 

I don't know if this should be posted in the printers or the wireless networking forum, so I am posting in both.  I apologize for any inconvenience this duplication creates.

 

Many thanks for any and all help.