Using airport express with no Internet

Have a problem here that's quite complex.
We have a brand-new HP office jet Pro that appears to support AirPrint.  We would like to be able to print from several IOS devices in the office -- iPhones and iPads. But for that to work the printer AND the IOS devices need to connect to the same Wi-Fi network (according to the HP printer documentation)
Yesterday we went and purchased a new airport express. But this AirPort Express will NOT be connected to the Internet.  Each IOS device already has its own cellular Internet connection.
The issue we're seeing is this: Once the IOS devices connect to the Wi-Fi network they can no longer access the Internet, even through their cellular data connection.
Is there any way for an IOS device to connect wirelessly to a network that does not have an Internet connection while simultaneously getting its Internet from its cellular data?
Stephen

I have the same problem for different reasons.  I set up Airport Expresses at a cabin for the single purpose of AirTunes, that is, playing music through speakers connected to the AE (actualy multiple AEs).  One of the AEs creates a network, the others join it, and the iOS device can play through them.  Mostly, though, we have a Mac on the network playing through all of the speakers.
The AE creating the network is not on the internet, so reports a problem which we ignore.  However, two issues show up:
(1) iTunes on the Mac periodically wants to "phone home" to update a list of radio stations (who cares?!?) and stops with a dialog box reporting the error.  This seems to be because iTunes is stupid (or the programmers are) and thinks it MUST update the radio list hourly even if I never listen to a streaming radio station, AND that this error is so critical it stops playing music until the user addresses the problem.
(2) The iOS devices think they should be getting internet over WiFi even though it's not available via that connection (same as Stephen's problem).
So it seems two issues exist. 
(a) Make iTunes robust enough to live off the grid for a while even if there is a network available (or at least know the difference between a on-grid and off-grid network).
(b) Make the iOS devices aware of off-grid networks and revert to Cell for data connections, or better yet support multiple wireless connections simultaneously.
It would seem since this is a legitimate network topology there WOULD be a setting in the AE settings for No Internet, rather than Ethernet or PPOE only.

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