Airport Utility can't see Airport Express Device

I tried to print some documents and I received a message telling me the printer is not ready or may not exists, so I launch the Airport Utility to see what is going on and there is no Airport Express just my Time Capsule.
I already reset the airport express to factory settings and everything goes ok until the green light shows but the airport utility can't see it.
Any help will be appreciate
thanks
Dan
I already tried connecting the Airport Express to my computer with an ethernet cable

Connect an Ethernet cable between the wall jack and the WAN (circle of dots) port on the AirPort Express. Connect a second cable between the LAN (opposing arrows) port on the Express to your computer.
You should now be able to access the Express using the AirPort Utility to configure the Express as a WAP.

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