No joy with AsanteTalk, Laserwriter and Airport Express

I have an old Laserwriter 4/600 that still works well for me. For quite a few years now I've been using it with an AsanteTalk connected directly to the ethernet port on my MacBook Pro (using WiFi for internet access). I'm trying to get it working while connected to my Airport Extreme, but so far no luck.
Things I've done that may be relevant:
-Set the Airport Extreme as a WDS Remote (the main base station is a Time Capsule in another room).
-Turned on AppleTalk in the Airport section of the Network System Preference.
-Turned the power on for the printer, Asante and Airport Extreme in every imaginable order
I've read that the Asante unit doesn't work with Time Capsule, but I figure I'm OK because my laptop and printer are both connected to the Airport Express (wireless and wired, respectively).
If I open the Print and Fax System Preference Pane and try to add a new printer it won't find the Laserwriter in the Local Zone in the AppleTalk section. It was listed as "Idle, Default" with a little green dot but it didn't print that way. I deleted that printer setup but now I can't find it on the network.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Ian

Ian, see the response to your question I posted here: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8845776

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