How connect 2 Mini's to one usb printer

Can a double usb plug at the printer be used with a separate usb cable from each printer (separate Mini's different systems on opposite sides of the room with printer inbetween)
or is it necessary to have a powered usb hub at the printer to do that?

In order to get M3 to recognize the HP laser printer HL 2040 attached to M2:
From M3 downloaded printer driver. installed it.
However, unlike other printer drivers there are sequences required before it will even show up. I followed those procedures as described by HP which entailed having to connect the PRINTER directly to the Mini3 - then HAD TO disconnect AC and USB cables from printer and connecting the USB cable DIRECTLY to M# . THEN restart and finally it appeared as a CONNECTED printer.
[that seems to have defeated the situation of finding it as a remote via the M2]
The printer was then disconnected from M3 and placed back by M2 and connected to M2. Both Mini3 and Printer were turned off and restarted with the printer reconnected to Mini2.
On m3 In the "add printer" window where the other printers connected to the Mini 2 are shown, it does NOT appear. The other two are listed as Bonjour Shared
I think that direct connect (which HP required to 'see' the printer) confused the Mini3 running 10.6.8 - the one t
On M3 the ADD Printer panel does not show it just lists the other two.
On M3 the Print and Fax Preference shows it as (red dot) offline last used
and under that is the Deskjet as (green dot) idle
so it's obvious the M3 is 'seeing' it in two different ways.. one as connected, but not selected for the Laser
printer and no way to get it to show u p.... do suppose it's necessary to REMOVE it from the Print and Fax preferences panel?

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Welcome to the HP Support Forums. I understand that you would like to know how to print from your iPad to your Deskjet 3511 printer.
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TS1253 I am connected to internet through modem. How can I use Time Capsule as a wreless harddrive and connection to USB printer

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