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I have the latest Airport Extreme Base Station (n), and an HP Deskjet 5900 printer connected to it's USB port. The AEBS is setup to Share the printer wirelessly. I've also made this option available through the main desktop (Mac Pro) that is connected directly to the AEBS.
I have a MacBook (intel) connected wirelessly to my network. I was able to connect to the "Add" the HP to my list of printers and successfully print to it wirelessly.
Unfortunately, our MacBookPro that is also connected wirelessly can not locate the printer.
Some facts:
-Both laptops are running 10.5.8
-Both have the latest HP Printer Drivers
-Both are running admin accounts, so we should be able to make any necessary changes to printers, prefs, etc.
Couple of things to note:
When hitting "Add" on the MacBook, I get an extensive list of connection options, e.g. "Default", "Fax", "IP", "Apple Talk", etc... the HP Deskjet is connected via Bonjour.
When hitting "Add" on the MacBookPro, all I get is one two column window with the option "Local Zone" at the left, nothing on the right hand side, and the fields "Name, Location, and Print Using" below... all of which are not selectable.
We are able to print to a hardwired USB printer connected to the MacBookPro, but that's about it.
The MacBookPro does have Parallels installed, so I don't know if that is some how changing the behavior of this panel, but we aren't running it at this time, since this is being setup in the Mac OS side.
Hopefully that is enough information to give a clearer picture. I'm hoping it's a setting somewhere that for whatever reason was inadvertently turned off.
Thanks!

A couple things to keep in mind with what you are trying to do: the AirPort card was originally intended to allow the computer or laptop to connect to a wireless base station, such as a router, AirPort Extreme, etc. It just so happens that setup properly they allow the computer to work as a wireless connection point to the internet for another device. They are not intended to provide the full functionality of a router, however.
While a number of people using the forums have discussed connecting devices like iPads to the internet via their iMacs and MacBook Pros, using the computer to provide internet access and at the same time work in reverse by providing wireless printing could end up causing signal clashes and conflicts.
You would be far better off installing a router to provide the functions you are describing. Or keep very tight controls on what device is doing what and not over burdening the AirPort card.

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