Thinking of buyin gan airport extreme

Hi there,
Looking for some advice. I have a macbook intel core duo and a sony vaio desktop. I am thinking of buying an airport extreme so I can network my printer (dell 7100n) for both computers to use. I have my internet service through verizon fios and do not have a modem, only a wireless router. Should I be able to do this? I am sure this sounds like a silly question to most but I want to make sure I am buying the right thing for what I want to do.
Thank you for your help.
Joanna
Macbook   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Plug the printer into the mac. Open system preferences and go to sharing. In the Services tab check 'Printer sharing'. Check 'Printer Sharing' in the Firewall tab (it should already be checked.
Go to Print and Fax in System prefs, under the sharing tab check 'share these printers' and check the printer you want to share.
Install and run bonjour for windows on your PC
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/bonjourforwindows.html
It's a while since I've done it so you'll need to refer to the instructions above and if you get stuck you can use the bonjour for windows forum
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=576
hope all goes well.

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