Has anyone connected a scanner to the AirPort Express unit?

I have an AirPort express wireless unit right now running as a range extender. I have not connected a printer to it yet and I was wondering if the unit only allows printers or would a scanner or other similar USB device also work?
I am more curious right now, and simply wondering if anyone has been successful connecting a non-printer to that port.
Dual G5 and MacBookPro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

thanks to both of you for the info but I am a stubborn guy:)
That article does not exclude scanners in the list of devices that don't work.
A scanner is "close" to a printer. Certainly closer than a disk drive, and as Spok says, "There are always possibilities."
I was told that the AirPort Express device would not work with my LinkSys SRX200 and it works fine as a range extender.
I will first connect a printer to the USB port just to get my feet wet and after I get that working I will unplug it and connect my scanner to it and see what happens. The very worst thing would be that the world comes to an end.
Anyway, I will report back what happens. Certainly something should happen such as an error message or a driver error or some such thing or it might work.
Being a born hacker, telling me it won't work is music to my ears.
OK, maybe it won't work. But so far, nobody has told me why.
I will return
Dual G5 and MacBookPro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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Download unpkg here: http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
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linc
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harh wrote:
what would be the simplest way to connect my airport express and my macbook so i can listen to the music i have on itunes on my stereo?
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Most of the times I want to use amule it is firewalled because the IP changes everytime I connect my macboook to the Airport express: 10.0.1.2 or 10.0.1.3 and so on. Is there a way to say that I want my macbook to be always connected with the same IP?
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