J6480 Ethernet w/Wireless

Just purchased and installed a J6480. My computers run on Windows XP in a home Ethernet network to which I have added a wireless router as an access point (routers and access points are all Linksys). I was able to configure separate USB, Ethernet and Wireless connections to the J6480 with no problem (some speedbumps, but I sorted through them). Question is this: can the J6480 support both Ethernet and Wireless connections simultaneously? My old HP 5880 Deskjet does, and with the J6480 I would like still to be able to print from non-wireless computers via the Ethernet connection and from wireless computers using the wireless connection without having to unplug the Ethernet cable each time. Is there a solution to do this on the J6480?

Only one adapter can be live at one time (wired taking precedence).

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