Best Printer Configuration? MacBook, Mac mini , WRT160v3

I'm trying to find the best configuration to allow my wife (Mac mini) and I (MacBook) to print wirelessly to our non-wireless Brother MF-6490CW three-in-one.
The printer has ethernet and USB ports.
Alternatively, since the Mac mini is stationary, we could do wired printing from the mini and wireless from the MacBook.
The current setup is:
cable modem > phone modem > ethernet router > WRT160.
cable modem > phone modem > ethernet router > Mac mini.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Sorry for asking, what's the phone modem for? Are you connecting WRT160N from another ethernet router?
I'd suggest, since printer has ethernet port, you plug it to the router where you connect your MAC wired/wireless.

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