Wireless printer and airport express

I have an HP officejet 7410 "all in one" printer that use to connect to my Imac wirelessly just fine but now I have to connect it to the usb cable to get it to print. my family has 4 mac bookpro's also and its hit or miss whether or not they will print so would it be best for me to shut everything off, connect an airport express to my modem and then restart everything? I'm just tired of fooling with it and know there must be a better way? Thanks!

You can connect your printer via USB to the USB port on an AirPort Express or Extreme and share them throughout your network.
Instructions can be found here.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/AirPort_Express_SetupGuide_5.1.pdf

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First off - I'm not overly knowledgeable about networking. I have relied on the simplicity of everything for years and it has just worked - until today!
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
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This issue may occur due to device or network conflicts.
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