Connectivity of Printers

I have a network extender off of my wireless router. The laptop is on my router (Netgear13) but the wireless printer (HP 6700) next to the laptop connects to the extender (Netgear_ext). It seems thisa arrangement causes the printer to "not connected". Even if I see it in my Network. It won't print! Yet I can print from it with my PC, Notebook, IPad and SmartPhones! Any solutions? Do I have to have both the printer and the laptop on either the router or the extender??

Make sure the router and extender have the same SSID but different channels like 1&6, 1&11 or 6&11.   Set the Access Point closest to the printer to channel 1.    Reconnect and try.
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