Airport , Belkin gaming adapter and a network laser printer

I have an airport network extreme base station and express using WDS to extend range around home. That works fine.
I have just got a Belkin gaming adapter, a wireless box with ethernet port to plug in non-wireless devices.
My problem is this; I can "see" my Oki laser printer plugged into Belkin box as a Bonjour printer but when I print to it the jobs don't print as it comes up off line.
I have used this printer fine with Macs on another wired network, so I am perplexed. Also I can plug in USB direct and print fine.
Any thoughts anyone.
Thanks

My AX is the newer one. I have had it setup to "Participate in a WDS network" for a long time, along with "allow wireless clients" (in the WDS tab). Under the Internet section, the Internet Connection setting for Connection Sharing has been "Off (Bridge Mode)". The AX has 7.5.2. If I change it to "join....." will this be tied to the printer?
The "Participate in a WDS network" option would configure the AX to extend another AirPort or Time Capsule in a static WDS. This type of network can only operate in the 802.11g radio mode and has severe bandwidth limitations.
Changng the AX to "Join a wireless network" is the default for sharing a printer and/or streaming iTunes. However, with the 802.11n version, this option is used along with the Enable Ethernet clients to configure the AX as a wireless Ethernet bridge. In this configuration, the AX will join the Extreme's wireless network and have its Ethernet port enabled for the printer.

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