Connecting All-in-One printer/scanner to Airport Extreme Issue

I just bought a new Epson NX430 all in one printer/scanner. I hooked it up to the aiport extreme. Network printing and AirPrint work flawlessly.
My problem comes when I want to scan. I can't seem to figure out how to allow my desktop to accept scanned images from the Scanner.
What I think I may need to do is keep the printer attached to the airport by the usb as well as by wifi, that way i can still airprint through the airport but scan to my iMac.
Does anyone have a way for me to not have two available printers in my iMac?
Thanks.

Bonjour only allows the print function to work when a multi-function printer is connected to the USB port on the AirPorts.
The bottom line here is that if you need the advanced features like copy, scan, maintenance, etc, the printer cannot be connected to the USB port on the AirPort routers.....since only the print function is supported at the USB port.
If you need full functionality, you have 3 possible options:
Connect the printer directly to USB port on a computer
Connect the printer (if capable) using an Ethernet cable to any LAN Ethernet port on your router or AirPort
Connec the printer (if capable) using wireless

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HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.9.12)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0
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Please enter a name for this print queue (m=use model name:'Officejet_6300'*, q=quit) ?
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2. Run-time check mode (-r or --run): Use this mode to determine if a distro
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Linux archy 2.6.32-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jan 23 13:53:44 UTC 2010 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU 1133MHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
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dbus daemon is running.
python-dbus version: 0.83.0
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Checking for dependency: CUPS - Common Unix Printing System...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: CUPS image - CUPS image development files...
OK, found.
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OK, found.
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[hplip]
version=3.9.12
[dirs]
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run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.9.12
icon=/usr/share/applications
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
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network-build=yes
pp-build=no
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
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dbus-build=yes
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[installation]
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OK, found.
Checking 'hpmudext' I/O extension...
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HP Device 0xb1d at 004:002:
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| USER GROUPS |
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| SUMMARY |
error: 1 error or warning.
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