Printer connected to airport express...shows up on iMac but doesn't on my ipad 2. What am I missing, please?

printer connected to airport express...shows up and prints on iMac but the printer doesn't show up on my ipad 2 when I try to print. What am I missing, please?

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Printer connected to Airport Express USB port won't come online after firmware 7.6 upgrade. I've tried backing up to 7.5.2, but it still shows offline. It is a Canon iP4600 printer and I'm running OS 10.6.8. I've powered everything down and still no go. I've connected the printer directly to my MacBook's USB port and it works fine. Any suggestions?

I have an iP4500, which I assume is quite similar to your model.
I had to reset the printing system to get things printing again. Only takes a few minutes and no problems at all since I did it a week ago or so.
Plug the printer into the USB port on the Express and restart the printer.
Open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock) and then open Print and Fax
Right-Click in the printer area on the left and select Reset Printing System
Then click the + (plus) button at the bottom of the printer list to install the printer again.

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How can I print from my IPAD3 to a printer connected to Airport Express? I have a HP printer and I can print from all my Windows PC and iMAC in the house. How can I print from my IPaD?

You cannot.
The USB port on the AirPort Express allow sharing a printer with Windows and Mac OS X, not with iOS:
"Wireless printing over USB requires a compatible printer and OS X v10.2.7 or later, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7":
http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/#wireless-printing
"AirPrint-enabled printers connected using Bluetooth or shared through a USB port of a Mac, PC, AirPort Base Station, or Time Capsule are not supported":
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4356
The HP ePrint app also does not provide such functionality:
Can I print from the HP ePrint mobile app using USB or Bluetooth?
No. You can only print directly to supported HP printers on a local wireless network.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01923321&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en &product=5199463#N1176
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BobTheFisherman wrote:
You have to tell Windows to print to a network printer. Did you set up the network printer in Windows? How many printers do you see in Windows? If only the USB printer shows up then you did not tell Windows about the network printer.
In Windows Start > Devices and Printers > Add Printer. Make sure you select the network printer to add not a local printer.
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I have connected an airport express to my BT home hub and created a new Wi-Fi network. I have also connected a Canon MP550 series printer to the express which I can access to print from my macboon pro. However I am unable to print from my Windows 7 SP1 laptop even if I connect using the same Wi-Fi network. Have used Bonjour and it installs the printer but still cannot print from my Win7 laptop. Any suggestions why is it happening?
Thank you.

Hi,
I have connected an airport express to my BT home hub and created a new Wi-Fi network. I have also connected a Canon MP550 series printer to the express which I can access to print from my macboon pro. However I am unable to print from my Windows 7 SP1 laptop even if I connect using the same Wi-Fi network. Have used Bonjour and it installs the printer but still cannot print from my Win7 laptop. Any suggestions why is it happening?
Thank you.

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AirPort Utility for the iPhone, iPad, etc does not support the older version of the AirPort Express that you have.
Try installing AirPort Utility on the Lenovo laptop to see if you can configure the AirPort Express that way.
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Windows 7....use AirPort Utility 5.6.1 for Windows 7 - Support - Apple
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4356
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hello there,
first i would like to ask you that what are the process for setting up your printer to airportexpress? i m having problem with my macbook that i couldnt print through it. i have a HP Deskjet F2100 printer and connected to airport. i could print from my another laptop that has WinxP but from my macbook i couldnt print, it says unable to connect to printer..... when i added my printer from printer utility i got browse printer and there i could find my printer and the connection is bonjour but still i couldnt make print. and when i added printer i didnt get any popup like bonjour.please help me.
and i would like to suggest you that turn off all ur printer and imac and reset your airport express, press the reset button for 2 to 3 second until u see flashing light and wait until it becomes green and turn ur printer(should be connect to airport) and imac and from imac setup your airport u may find in application utility and setup again i hope this will help you.
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Hello All - I recently bought an airport extreme so I am doing some re-configuring of my home network but I am having issues getting the desired out come.
I have the airport extreme connected to the modem. From the extreme in another room, I have an airport express connected to the airport extreme wirelessly (I set that up through the airport utility without any problems.) Now I want to connect my usb hp laser jet 1020 printer the airport express to print from. I have a windows 7 machine. I can see the printer connected to the airport express through the airport utility. I have tried to use the bonjour print service to set up the print connection. Bonjour sees the printer connected as well, I run through all the prompts and click finish, but when I go to print something, it goes to print que and nothing happens. (side note, the printer works just fine when connected directly to the computer).
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How come when I connect my printer to AirPort Express, the color printed aren't accurate. Instead it become orange-ish. Even blacks are not black. and I don't have this problem when I connect it directly to my computer. Any help?
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Printing from iPad and iPhone to printers connected to the Win PC works fine.
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Pahlmla wrote:
I read that the iPad 2 can print to an AirPort Extreme USB-connected printer.
That's only true of a limited number of printer models from HP. Future updates to iOS may change that, but that's not the case yet.
On this Apple Web page http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/airprint.html
see the mention at the bottom that "AirPrint works seamlessly with a new generation of wireless printers from HP."

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A printer connected via USB to an AirPort Express is not supported by iOS printing. That is described here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4356
But there are other solutions, unsupported by Apple, that should work if you don't mind having a Mac turned on to share your printer. You can take a look at FingerPrint, Printopia, and AirPrint Activator.

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How can I tell if the wireless signal that I now get on my iPad, far removed from the Airport Extreme, is really coming from the airport express?
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OK, thanks. Give this a try:
The first order of business is to make sure that the AirPort Extreme is configured correctly for the extension. Keep the AirPort Express (AX) powered off for now.
Open Utility -Select the AirPort Extreme - Click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons
Make sure that there is a check mark next to "Allow this network to be extended"
Jot down the name of the AirPort Extreme wireless network and the exact security setting (it's probably WPA2 Personal) that is in effect.
Click Update to save any changes
Move the AirPort Express near your computer and the AirPort Extreme
Perform a Factory Default Reset on the AirPort Express (AX) as follows:
Hold in the reset button and keep holding the reset button in for another 10-12 seconds while you plug the AX in to power
Release the reset button and give the AX about 40-45 seconds to restart, at which time the amber light will be blinking slowly
Make sure that you are logged on the AX network, which will have a name like Apple Network xxxxxx. There is no password. Alternately, if you have a spare Ethernet cable handy, you can connect it from your Mac to the AX and then disconnect it after you have updated the settings.
Open AirPort Utility -Select the AX - Click Manual Setup
Click the Base Station tab below the row of icons to name your device, assign a device password and adjust Time Zone settings
Click the Wireless tab
Wireless Mode = Extend a wireless network
Wireless Network Name = Exact same name as your AirPort Extreme network
Enter a check mark next to "Allow wireless clients"
Wireless Security = Exact same setting as the AirPort Extreme wireless network
Wireless Password = Same password as the AirPort Extreme wireless network
Confirm Password
Click Update to save settings
As soon as you see the message that the settings have been stored, close AirPort Utility
Wait 40-45 seconds for the AX to restart and you should have a green light
Now locate the AX approximately 1/2 to 2/3 the distance between the AirPort Extreme and the area that needs more wireless coverage. Minimize obstructions in the signal path as much as possible for best results.
Apple's instructions are here as well: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259

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I have a wireless network set up using a Linksys WRT45G2 v1 router. There is one iMac running Snow Leopard, one laptop running 32 bit Windows 7 Ultimate and one desktop running 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate. The router is set to WPA2 Personal TKIP+AES security. The Airport Express is set to WPA2 Personal. Its wireless mode is "join a wireless network." It is running firmware version 6.3. The iMac and the laptop are running iTunes 9 and the desktop is running iTunes 10.
Up until recently I was able to stream music from the iMac and the desktop but not the laptop to remote speakers using airtunes via the airport express. Then the video processor in my desktop PC failed and in the course of diagnostic testing I had to reinstall the OS. After replacing the video card and reinstalling the OS, I tried to reconnect Airport Express to iTunes on the desktop PC but Airport Utility could not find the Airport Express. I returned the Airport Express to factory settings and tried again. The PC still did not recognize the Airport Express. I couldn't use the PC to reconfigure the Airport Express, but the iMac did see it so I reconfigured the Airport Express using the iMac. Now I can stream music using Airport Express from the iMac ONLY.
When I use the Airport Utility to scan on the desktop or the laptop PCs it does not see the Airport Express. I can, however, see the Airport Express and read its configuration using Airport Utility on both PCs by using "configure other..." under the File tab (i.e. by typing in the IP number and password for the Airport Express.) Even though I can read the configuration and save it, iTunes does not recognize any remote speakers and I cannot stream music from either PC.
I have tried turning off ALL wireless security as well as all firewalls. I also tried both iTunes 9 and iTunes 10 on the desktop. Nothing makes any difference.
Before I could at least stream from desktop even though I had never been able to get the laptop to stream.
Can anyone suggest a way to get Airtunes (Airplay) to work from my PCs?

I have had the same issue. Airplay working with all devices apart from one windows 7 (the actual media server) and have spent over a week trying to resolve it.
This worked for me.
Turn off windows firewall and in my instance macafee. Be warned while macafee says that it's off there are services running all the time.
You will need to open macafee settings and turn off access protection first
Then search services from start bar
Open services and filter by manufacturer
Stoop all macafee services
Right click the start bar
Open task manager
Stop all macafee processes
Try your airport utility you should now see your express
If you can you will see your icon in iTunes
This pores that it's likely to be a macafee issues. Of course you do not want to leave the firewall off so I installed macafee and installed a fresh copy turning both the windows and macafee firewall on with no resultant issues
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