Not seeing printer through airport

So here's my current setup. My Internet comes in to my DSL Modem..which is hooked up to a 4 port router. My router has two iMacss hardwired to the first two ports, and my airport is hooked up to the 3rd open port. My HP 1310 all in one is hooked up to one of my hardwired iMacs through USB. I've checked th Shared box for the 1310, but only the other iMac that's hardwired through the router is able to see the printer. My ibook that is connected to the internet via airport is not able to see the shared 1310. I've turned appletalk through ethernet through both of the hardwired imacs, and i've got appletalk activated through the airport for my ibook. Why can't my iBook see the shared 1310 printer. they're all connected to the same router essentially (2 hardwired and 1 via airport). If anyone has any answers PLEASE HELP...thanks in advanced.

This problem is easily solved by disabling the router built into the Airport Express. Run the Airport Admin Utility, select your Base Station, click Configure, click the Network tab, and uncheck the setting to "Distribute IP addresses". Update settings to the Airport Express. Finally (and very important) restart all wireless computers. That's it.

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Suggest that you perform a Factory Default Reset as follows:
Pull the Express from power
Wait a few moments
Hold in the reset button and keep holding it an additonal 8-10 seconds while you plug the Express back in to power
Release the reset button and allow 40-45 seconds for the Express to restart
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259
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The Samsung laser printer is connected to the USB port on the Airport base station.

I too have been bit by the Leopard/wireless printing bug....
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My MacBook Pro will print normally (before and after the upgrade). Bonjour for Windows does see the Epson printer and it appears to install it normally. If the printer is disconnected, Bonjour does not see it. So Bonjour is seeing the printer.
After the printer installs on the WinXP machine (connected directly through the ethernet port on the airport extreme n) is shows ready. However, if the printer is disconnected from the airport, winxp still shows ready.
It seems that Bonjour properly sees the printer, but is not setting up the TCP/IP correctly. I have tried ports 9100, 9101 and 9202 for manual adjustments All to no avail.
I have tried manually seeing it up using the Epson drivers and generic postscript drivers. Neither configuration works. Connecting the Epson printer directly to the winxp machine works fine. And again, it worked prior to the update.
What the heck did Apple do? And has anyone with a similar problem fixed it? I really don't want to go back to a separate print server. But I need something reliable and Airport Extreme apparently is not it. At least this version of he firmware.

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After a factory default reset, the AirPort will broadcast an unsecured wireless network with a Network Name of something like: Apple Network NNNNNN
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