HT1515 Does the airport express need to be connected to router  if you are using USB for printer?

My thinking was I could connect airport express to printer by USB and it would work without connecting it using CAT5 to router. Am i wrong??

This should work fine if the Express is connecting to a wireless network provided by another Apple router.  Is that the case here?

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