Re: Airport connection to printer

Hi.
Issue:
Unable to connect Airport Extreme to printer & external hard-drive using USB hub.
Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Hi Tesserax,
Thank you soooooooo much for the quick reply and, of course a very simple to solve solution.
Everyone has always told me, 'no, can't be done.'
So, I'm grateful!
Spikent

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I am using Snow Leopard & Epson WorkForce 500 & Apple Extreme base. I followed the directions from Epson's site.
With your printer connected to Apple Extreme & turned on,
1. Open System Prefs.
2. Select "Print & Fax.
3. Select the"+" below the printer box.
4. If the printer shows up in the box, check the box that says "Share this printer...."
5. Select "Sharing Preferences..."
6. The printer should show up the box "Printers", check the box to the left.
7. To the left under "Service" check the box "Print Sharing".
8. Open "Print Preferences" & your printer should be listed at the top and its status should say "Idle".
You are now ready to print thru Airport Extreme.
I hope this helps, it took me a while to get it to work.

warshall wrote:
I am using Snow Leopard & Epson WorkForce 500 & Apple Extreme base. I followed the directions from Epson's site.
With your printer connected to Apple Extreme & turned on,
1. Open System Prefs.
2. Select "Print & Fax.
3. Select the"+" below the printer box.
4. If the printer shows up in the box, check the box that says "Share this printer...."
5. Select "Sharing Preferences..."
6. The printer should show up the box "Printers", check the box to the left.
7. To the left under "Service" check the box "Print Sharing".
8. Open "Print Preferences" & your printer should be listed at the top and its status should say "Idle".
You are now ready to print thru Airport Extreme.
A printer connected directly to an Apple AirPort base station shouldn't have to be shared by a computer. It's already being shared by the AirPort base station.

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Contact HP for support.
Explain that you are using a Mac, anticipate the inevitable groan, and wait patiently for their resident Mac expert to return from vacation.
Until then download and install its driver here: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=5058338&cc=us&dlc=en &lc=en
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I think they're using ethernet.
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We already tried the password for the internet and that did not work...
If a password is required to connect to the Internet, then WiFi is likley being used, and that WiFi password is the one needed for the Printer connect wirelessly as well.
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It sounds like a strange request - but - I want to be able to connect the printer to my laptop and to the airport express (for the sharing part) at the same time.
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I also have a 27" iMac. Bought August 2010.
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My Canon Mp560 printer is connected wirelessly to the iMac through Airport and works fine.
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Hello Syd,
thanks a lot for your suggestions. I appreciate Epson is monitoring forums like this! As I wrote above though, some of them I mentioned as performed (printer connected straight to USB port of the Mac). I also several times erased all the printers and added them again fresh, but unfortunately all still the same.
Just a few weeks ago, I printed a few dozens of pages and this happened after every about 20 pages and after printer restart, I was able to continue. Since I started this topic, the printer will not finish any single page over the AirPort Express, but prints fine when connected directly to the mac via USB.
I just don't want to bring it across the house (yes, I know I can share it on one computer for the others, but there's no room near the computer I work on and in addition, it worked before...).
So it looks like bad luck for me so far...
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