Two printers linked to one airport express

we link one HP printer to our airport express and everything is good. We now have one extra HP laser printer and is it possible to hook up two printers to one airport express?
Could we just buy an USB hub and plug both printers in and is it going to work in this case?
Thanks!!!

No it only supports a single compatible USB printer.

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One Printer - two wireless routers, and one Airport Express

Hi all,
I'll do my best to describe this convoluted situation in detail, please feel free to ask questions—I need all the help I can get.
I am in an office with 5 Macs (some with wireless capabilities: my Intel iMac, a Mac mini, an eMac with a wireless card, and a new iMac running OSx 10.5) and one eMac with no wireless capabilities.
We're all connected to an Actiontec router. The one eMac is hard-wired via ethernet to the router and the rest of us receive the signal wirelessly through an 2' thick concrete wall that makes for a slow connection. Our printer, an OKIdata C3200N, is also hard-wired via Ethernet to the router, which allows us wireless Macs to print on a crappy, slow connection.
I got fed up with the slowness and brought in an Airport Express, which is now also hard-wired to the ethernet port and seamlessly and easily connects all the wireless-capable Macs to the internet. It's a joy. However, whenever we wanted to print, we had to switch to the slower Actiontec network b/c the printer was not connected to the Aiport Express.
I figured I could remedy this by plugging a USB printer cable from the printer to the AX and all the wireless Macs would automatically find the printer through Bonjour. It seemed like a good plan; though I was worried that the printer would be confused by having both the Ethernet connection AND the AX connection (this could be the case).
Now, I have been able to be on the AX network, find the printer via Bonjour (with Printer Sharing turned on). However, when I print to it (or any of the other Macs in the office try to print to it) a variety of errors happens:
...the printer jobs are paused and will not resume (this happens on the iMac running OSX 10.5)
...the print queue spools and says "waiting to complete job"
Do I need to configure something through the Airport Admin Utility? Is this a lost cause because the printer is connected two ways to our computers? Is there any hope for printing on the AX connection?
Thanks in advance for your input.
Message was edited by: slobhan (to format error messages)

Thank you so much Duane. Can you clarify what you mean by:
I would recommend returning the printer connection to the original configuration.
Thanks! I'll look up the other stuff about AX as a bridge (now to remember that AX admin password....)
Thanks!

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My wife has her own Macbook, and I have my own iMac. We have separate itunes accounts, with home sharing enabled. I have only one Airport Express and it is synced with my iMac. My question is: Can I sync that same Airport Express with my wife's macbook?

yes, both machines can connect to the network your express creates.

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I use one Airport Express to connect to the internet and another to stream iTunes to my Stereo.
I can only get one to work at any given time!
If I use Airport SetUp Assistant to reconfigure the one that isn't working, it starts and the other stops.
I can only ever see the current one in Airport Admin Utility.
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What's up?
Best regards,
Ronnie
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Have a look here and read it carefully.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107454
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I'm using an AIRPort Express 802.11n for my digital mixer MACKIE DL1608 which is controlled by my iPad ie. iPad (app is Masterfader) talks to airport express, from LAN out to ethernet to mixer. My question is: can i use the one airport express to also run another device by using some kind of double LAN out adapter? I also want the same iPad to controll my DMX lights ie. iPad (app is Luminair) talks to airport express that connects from LAN out to ethernet to lights controller.
Otherwise if I need to get two seperate airport expresses, are there any complications with having them sitting close to one another (as I will operate them from the same carry case)?
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my house is too big, and i use one airport express to extend my network,but the other half of the house doesnt get access to the internet.The question is can i use another airport express, without any complications?

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I have an airport extreme attached to cable, then one airport express to extend the range. when i try to add an additional airport express to extend range in another area of house, can't get it to work. unility says it has found a new base station

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Ok, thanks for clarifying which models you have. Please see the following Apple Support article on how to configure these older base stations for a Wireless Distribution System (WDS).

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We have a Time Warner router and have it hardwired to an Airport Express. Is it possible to extend the range of that one airport express with a second airport express?

... The new AirPort Express that I have is an 802.11n version, but the second one is an older model and I don't know which version it might be. Also, the system recently updated so I'm using the AirPort Utility 6.1.
If you are using Mountain Lion, AirPort Utility 6.1 is the version installed by default. It will not be able to administer "older" AirPort base stations.
For them, use AirPort Utility 5.6 which contains the features you need. It can administer your older Express as well as current production base stations.
AU 5.6 is compatible with Lion as well as Mountain Lion, however, the installer app will refuse to install it on Mountain Lion.
This dilemma is easily solved though. You simply need to extract the app from the installer package using a package extractor like Pacifist.
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Download AirPort Utility 5.6 here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
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My two iMacs frequently go offline when I have our iPad and two iPhones-5 connected with Airport Express (2nd edition). If I disable WiFi on my three "i" devices no problem. Any thoughts on this?

My two iMacs frequently go offline when I have my iPad and two iPhones-5 connected with Airport Express (2nd edition). If I disable WiFi on my three "i" devices the offline problem stops. Any thoughts on this?

.....doesn't that seems to suggest the modem?
That is what I have suggested....twice now. From posts above:
My opinion would be that it is likely not the ISP, unless you have complete loss of Internet service for all devices at the same time......it is the Comtrend device....
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Transmitting to more than one airport express from iTunes

Are there any plans to update the system so that iTunes can transmit to more than one AirPort Express or An airport Express and the computer at the same time?

paulcart, Welcome to the discussion area!
For quite some time, the ability to stream iTunes to multiple AirPort Express (AX) has worked.
Are there any plans to update the system so that iTunes can transmit to ... An airport Express and the computer at the same time?
We are all users like yourself and therefore have no special knowledge of upcoming changes. As you know from reading the "Help & Terms of Use" for this area, speculation on future Apple products or services is not allowed.

Two Ethernet Devices One Airport Express?

I need to connect a non-wireless printer and DirectTV box to my wireless network as they are not located close enough to the router to connect via Ethernet.
I currently have my printer connected to my Airport Express via Ethernet, and have also been able to connect my DTV box this way as well. However, currently I can't connect both at the same time.
Is there a way to connect both at the same time? Some kind of mini-router that plugs into the Airport Express?

I have an old hub, I think the 10/100 type. That should be more than enough for printing, but probably not for the DTV box?
DTV is still using a 100 Mbps Ethernet port as far as I know, so the old hub should work OK. If you buy a new switch, it would be a good idea to spend a few more dollars and get a Gigabit Ethernet switch. it's 10/100/1000 capable.
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I currently have a linksys wireless router attached to the Internet. I have an A1264 Airport Express connected by Ethernet to the linksys router. I have two network names, one for each wireless network.
I purchased a new A1392 Airport Express to replace the linksys router and join to the A1264 Airport Express, and I want to have one network name as a result.
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Stage 2 would be adding the Netgear switch and testing each port with a laptop connected via Ethernet to make sure that everything is operational on the switch
Stage 3 would be connecting the A1264 Express and testing to make sure that it is extending the network correctly
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If you want to print from an iOS device like an iPad or iPhone, plan to add additonal software like Printopia or Print Central to possibly allow this function. There are no guarantees here as far as the iOS devices.

I want to know if Ican connect a print server (to print with several wireless printers) to the new airport express given that it has wan and lan ports. Tks!

The print server that I want to connect allows me to choose among 2 usb printers and 01 serail port printer. It needs to be connected to a router through a lan port. Given that the all new airport express now come with a wan and a lan port, i want to know if I can connect this device to the airport express.

You're welcome.
Beware that while USB print servers are commonly available and inexpensive, finding one with a serial port is more of a challenge. Apple Stores in the US do not sell them. Call the iStore before going there.
If you need recommendations for obtaining a print server with a serial port, let me know.

ITunes recognizes one Airport Express but not the other

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