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Dec 11, 2012 3:17 PM in response to rgreenwald2164by Bob Timmons,If your Mac is running Lion, Mountain Lion, or you are trying to configure with an iOS device, Apple has dropped the WPS setup option.
Follow the manufacturer's instructions to set up your printer manually....not using WPS.
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Dec 11, 2012 3:27 PM in response to rgreenwald2164by John Galt,WPS is not secure. It is only supported in a limited fashion with Apple AirPort base stations, perhaps for this reason.
Although WPS is marketed as being a secure way of configuring a wireless device, there are design and implementation flaws which enable an attacker to gain access to an otherwise sufficiently secured wireless network.
(exerpt from http://sviehb.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/viehboeck_wps.pdf)
See Tesserax's post: how can I connect a Canon MX892 wireless printer to my airport extreme
OS X: Set up a printer to print wirelessly
How to connect a wireless-capable printer to your AirPort network