Airport Extreme Wireless USB Printing

Hey Folks,
I have an airport extreme running the latest firmware. Prior to installing the latest version of the firmware I was able to print wirelessly using a USB hub. My printer is an HP PSC 2510 photosmart all-in-one printer. After I downloaded and installed the latest version of the airport firmware I was no longer able to print wirelessly. I have tired all the suggestions on the apple support web site to no avail. Any suggestions? Anyone with a similar problem. I'm still able to print wired directly to my laptop.
Thanks,
Tim

Bonjour all,
I too have the same issue. I have 1 PB Pro, 2 MacBook Pros connected to a Samsung CLP-300 color laser printer via Airport Express' USB port. All Macs are running the latest version of the OS (10.5.2). Prior to 10.5.2 update, everything was working fine for all of the computers with the same exact setup.
Whenever I try to print via Leopard, it does the first time but then I have to flush the printer queue (by turning off and on the printer first and do the same for APE) in order to be able to print again. Otherwise if I don't do this, it seems that the queue never gets flushed properly.
The only way I can print for now (work-around) without problem is via Windows XP emulator on Parallels Desktop v3.0 (build 5584) with the Bonjour driver installed. I have to go under Windows XP to get any type of printouts I would like my apps under Leopard to perform. I essentially create PDF documents (under Leopard) I want to print, then I go in Parallels Desktop - Windoze side using the same printer which is still connected via APE USB port. The queue gets cleaned properly and I can still print other documents without flushing everytime.
To me it appears that Apple Update has created the problem. Not the printer driver!
Hope this helps.
Cheers.
PM

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