Using USB Connected Printer

What am I missing? I want to be able to connect my Dell all-in-one printer to the AE and print from my laptop over wireless. Problem is, when I connect the printer this way how will I be able to print from my hard-wired desktop? The desktop PC does not have wireless.

"The desktop PC does not have wireless." its connected thru ethernet, so the printer connected to the usb port on the Extreme router will show as Bonjour for the desktop. I don't run Windows and think you need a free piece of software called Bonjour something from Apple. Maybe others can chime in here.

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I can print from my macbook pro using airport express usb connected printer, however my iPad and iphone are looking for an airprint printer. Can I direct the iPad/iphone to the usb connected printer. Macbook iphone and iPad confirm a wifi connection through the airport express.

You will need to install an App like Print Central on the iPad to try to print to the printer. It will allow you to print to most printers. Check with their support folks if you need more info.
PrintCentral for iPad on the iTunes App Store

Connecting to USB connected printer via LPD

Hi there,
Does anyone know if you can access a USB attached printer using the LPD protocol? I cannot find this in the Time Capsule documentation.
I'm helping a Yosemite user where Bonjour is not working and thus the USB connected printer is not being advertised in order to add it.
How to get Yosemite to see new printer driver for Canon via Bonjour
For other brands, the USB port has a name like Port1 or PR1. So I would like to know if the Time Capsule supports such a connection.
Thanks
PaHu

Hello PAHU. I'm thrilled to have run across you on the Apple site. Your post (below) is exactly what I need help with:
"Rather than use Bonjour, which seems to have a problem for some users who have updated to Yosemite, you can use one of the IP protocols included with OS X. To do so you will need to find the IP address the printer is using. If you need help with that, reply with the model of Canon you have.
With the IP address noted, open Printers & Scanners and click the plus button to add. Select the IP icon and enter the Canon IP address in the Address field. Change the Protocol to LPD and leave the Queue blank. Change the Name to the model of Canon and then in the Use menu, select the appropriate Canon driver for your model. Click the Add button to complete the printer creation and then see if you can print."
Kindly please tell me how to find my printer's IP address. I am desperately trying to reconnect to my Canon PIXMA MP500 since upgrading to Yosemite. I will be in your debt!
Thank you most kindly!

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When the printer was previously attached (by ethernet cable) to 1st AE, everything was working fine and I could login to printer Admin page via Safari by tying IP Address.

Only the print function is supported when a multi-function device is connected to the USB port on an AirPort router.
Advanced features like scan, copy, maintenance, etc are not supported at the USB port.

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the parallel adapter is the most likely problem, and it probably will never work, as from what I've ever seen, OS X does not support parallel connections.
Your best bet is to buy a new printer.

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I'm unable to print over a printer usb connected to an airport extreme.

Not all printers are compatible with the USB port on the AirPort Extreme and there is no "official" compatibility list available, so you need to keep that in mind.
If you are using Windows XP, have you installed Bonjour for Windows on the PC? If yes, please provide any error messages that you have received.
Please list the steps that you have already taken to configure things so that we don't ask you to perform things that you have already done.

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My iP4000 is attached to my iMacG5 computer via USB and prints well when the print message is engaged from the iMacG5. The problem is that the printer refuses to print when the print request is made from my WinXP PC via home network. The WinXP PC is conneced to the iMacG5 via a Linksys wireless router. I followed the WinXP directions and used the "printers and fax" add printer wizard. It found the correct printer name and engaged file sharing. The canon printer utility says a print was being completed with no errors, however, no print has been made and nothing comes out of the printer. I have removed the print driver program and reinstalled it on my WinXP PC with the same results. How can I correct this problem?

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Question: Can I also place a call from my iMac; and if so, How? Is there an app for that?

USB connection has nothing to do with it. They have to be on the same WiFi network. It's part of 'Continuity' in OS X Yosemite and iOS 8. You can place calls using FaceTime on your Mac.

HT1515 Does the airport express need to be connected to router if you are using USB for printer?

My thinking was I could connect airport express to printer by USB and it would work without connecting it using CAT5 to router. Am i wrong??

This should work fine if the Express is connecting to a wireless network provided by another Apple router. Is that the case here?

Can two computers use USB to print to the same printers?

My wife and I have two macs, side by side, one a G5 iMac and the other a G5 PowerMac, both running 10.5.1 We have four printers, and we both use all of them at different times. We have one powered USB hub with four ports.
What we would like to do is have all of the printers available to each of us. We had tried Bluetooth and that works OK, but as we understand it both computers have to be turned on to connect that way, and sometimes we are not both at our computers at the same time.
Is there a way for us to do this?

You can turn all 4 printers into network printers using a 4 USB port to ethernet print server like this one at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Keyspan-US-4A-4-Port-Server-Mbps/dp/B0001NA3L2
I've used devices like this for PC networks, but this one says it's also compatible with Mac OS X.2 and up. There are many more of these print servers available, so it's probably a matter of budget for quality.
When I've set these things up on PC's I first had to connect the printers directly to the PC so that I could get the drivers for the printer to install. Then I changed them to network printers. On your Mac's you've already got the drivers working for the different printers, so you won't have to deal with that until you replace a printer with it's new driver.
Of course, for this to work, you will have to have an ethernet network to plug the device into, but you didn't provide any information about your connectivity options.
Neither Mac has to be running for the other one to print.

HP USB-connected printer not showing up, no way to add it???

I upgraded to Leopard and lost the ability to scan from my HP PSC 2210. I know this is because HP haven't got around to writing new software for Leopard yet, so I'm waiting for them to release this. I was just happy that I could still print via the 2210 by just using the Leopard supplied print driver (may have been a generic one).
I've had trouble printing recently and deleted the printer from my list of printers. When I try to add it back via print and fax manager, it doesn't show up in the default list (even though it's connected via USB). If I select More Printers, all I get is "HP IP Printing" as an option - according to apple's support page, I should have a list of printers here (and I'm sure I used to). I don't even have a generic printer option.
What can I do to install the printer now? The driver on HPs website is only for OSX 10.3, it says use the apple ones for tiger and leopard.
I've tried unplugging, replugging, rebooting etc...

Hi! It may have been just that plugging in the usb cable when it wanted you to caused it to recognize it. The computer senses when something is plugged in and the installer may have needed to be at that point and have the cable plugged in at that precise time in order to complete the install. Heck if I knew the answer to that sorta question I could be an expert. (An expert you know is anyone that's 50 miles from home!). Anyway, always glad to help. Tom

AirPrint and USB connected printer

Hello,
I have bourgth a new HP printer (HP LaserJet Pro M1536dnf Multifunction Printer), run the setup, connect it via USB to my computer (Windows 7).
Now I want to print via AirPrint from my iPad (latest OS). My router is FRITZ!Box 7330.
But how do it? I can not find any instruction how to connect my HP printer to my WiFi. I think I have to select the name of my WiFi and enter the password.? Or should I connect my HP printer with a Ethernet cable to my router FRITZ!Box 7330?
I found no instruction
What can I do to let my HP printer appears in my iPad as an AirPrinter?
How to print via AirPrint?
Thank you for any help or hint!!
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Hi,
It does not have wireless card therefore you have to connect to a wireless network to be able to use AirPrint otherwise they can't see each other. Don't ask me why HP did not include a wireless card to this printer.
Regards.
BH
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Network host busy on USB connected printer

Appreciate any advice or tips. I have a HP Photosmart C4200 plugged via USB to iMac running 10.6.4, prints fine, and print sharing is on. From my MacBook Pro running 10.5.8 I can connect to the printer using hostname-iMac.local. No documents (Word, notepad, etc.) will successfully print from MBP to printer on iMac, all attempts result in Network Host "hostname" is busy; will retry in .....seconds. Seems like this should be simple, what have I done to complicate it? Thanks.

Only the print function is supported when a multi-function device is connected to the USB port on an AirPort router.
Advanced features like scan, copy, maintenance, etc are not supported at the USB port.

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