AEBS and Epson Printer Utility

I wonder if anyone knows of any work-arounds for being able to use the Epson printer utility while using Airport Extreme Base Station? Printer does not show up in window when it searches, since it's connected to AEBS, thus cannot use utility that shows ink levels, or cleans out heads,etc! I have to connect it back to desktop (or laptop)to be able to use.

That is expected. See KB 107430, AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express: Can't use USB printer utilities while printer sharing.

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