Weird printer problem using Express, Vista and Dell

I have a new Dell Inspiron 1525 running Vista Home Premium. I have a Brother printer hooked up to my Express. Set up printer via Bonjour w/o problems. Computer recognizes the printer and seems to send info to it. But when I try to print, it only prints the first few lines and then just stops. Won't print anything else. And if I try to print another document, it does nothing at all (doesn't even print the first few lines). Tried with an HP printer and got the same results. Have uninstalled and reinstalled printer many times with same results. Already downloaded updated drivers for printer.
Express works fine otherwise (connects to the Net, streams music from iTunes). But when connected to my old laptop that ran XP, suddenly stopped printing wirelessly (would print nothing at all). I wrote it off to computer problems at the time. Now I wonder if the printer connection on the Express is malfunctioning even though the rest of it is working fine.
Help please -- anyone! Thanks.

Welcome to the discussions, Charles266!
However, when I take my Express to another room and connect it to a Solwise Gigabit Homeplug and my other homeplug connects to my network I then seem to have problems.
Connection Sharing = Share a public IP address
This would be the correct setting if your AirPort Express is connected directly to a simple modem (a simple modem has only 1 ethernet port)
If you have the Express connected back to another router (it will have 3-4 ethernet ports), then the correct setting for Connection Sharing would be "Off (Bridge Mode)"
I can't say if this will solve your problem. If you continue to have issues, then test using an ethernet cable from the Express back to your main router. If this works well, then one or both of the powerline products is suspect.

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