Trouble connecting to a wireless printer

I have a Time Capsule and I just turned on the Guest Account. In order for me to do this I changed the DHCP setting under the Internet tab to change the DHCP Beginning Address to 10.x.x.x. For those using either the 2.4GHz or 5GHz wireless network they have no problems using the HP Officejet Pro 8500 wireless printer since it connects to the either of two available wireless networks.
Further away I have two Mac laptops who cannot access the two wireless networks due to signal strength. I hooked up a AE using an existing ethernet connection. I created a new wireless network and the addresses are in the same range - 10.x.x.x when connected wirelessly but I cannot "see" the HP wireless printer.
Is it possible for the two users connecting to the AE to every "see" the HP wireless printer?
Thank you for looking.

If your printer is already connected to your printer (wifi light = green), click on the link to Manually Add a USB Print Queue, Network Print Queue and Fax Queue on Mac OS X Systems
If the wifi light is orange, just follow the steps when you launch the wireless setup assistant.

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Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US
10.5/10.6/10.7/10.8 instructions...
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http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1341
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Processor Name: Intel Core i5
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Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
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OS X: Printer and scanner software available for download
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669
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OS X Mavericks: Set up a printer
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14143
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Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We're all users here.
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I noticed that you cannot print with your HP Photosmart using a wireless connection, or wireless direct on your Mac OS X 10.6.8 computer. I am happy to help!
I would recommend to go through the following guides:
'Printer is offline' Message Displays on the Computer and the Printer Does Not Print: Mac OS X.
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