Airport and Wireless Printing?

I have an older airport. The domed one that looks like a UFO. I'd like to be able to print wirelessly from my Dell and Mac laptops. Does anybody have instructions on how to do so? My printer is a Lexmark X2650. I have a Powerbook G4 and a Dell Latitude D620. Right now, my configuration is as follows: Ethernet cable comes into the Airport router. Ancient Dell desktop is physically connected to the router and the two laptops connect wirelessly. Any printing has to be done from the Dell desktop (the printer is connected to it). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

mikec42 wrote:
I have an older airport. The domed one that looks like a UFO. I'd like to be able to print wirelessly from my Dell and Mac laptops. Does anybody have instructions on how to do so? My printer is a Lexmark X2650.
If your AirPort unit has a USB port (not all domed models do), you may be able to print through it to your printer. Here is a Lexmark Web page that discusses that:
http://support.lexmark.com/index?page=content&id=RE110&actp=search&viewlocale=enUS&userlocale=EN_US&segment=SUPPORT&productCode=LEXMARKX2650&searchid=1268927310637

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