Printer Spooling via Airport Express...

My G4 is connected via Airport Express to a printer. It has worked fine, in the past, but now when trying to print, it appears to connect but then a message reads, "spooling" and hangs without ever printing. What should I do to correct this, please?

Have you tried posting this in the "Airport Express" Category of the Forum?
If not, I'd suggest that as you may get more help there.
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1011

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