WPS Printer and AirPort Devices

If I successfully add a WPS printer to one Airport device such as an Airport Extreme and other Airport devices are connected to extend the network.
Do I need to add the WPS printer individually for each Airport device or will it be added to all other devices in the network?
It seems not, since if I switch on other Airport devices such as a TC, the WPS printer is no longer available.
So, if I add a Mac address to one Aiprot devices, the Mac addresses will be added/updated on all other devices! Right?
So? What's the problem with a WPS printer then?
C'mon guys don't tell me I need to add the printer for each Airport device manually.

I believe know how to set up an Airport main device such as an Airport Extreme connected to a DSL router.
I believe I am familiar with Apple Airport devices for many years, many firmware updates, different generation models and I know where to find the rest button, how to extend the network by using the same network name and WPA/WPA2 password, and I'lve learned how to deal with different airport utility versions.
The WPS printer added to the main device seems not to be recognised immediately by other roaming devices.
Even the main device seems to have trouble recognising the printer if I switch it ON.
I have to restart the main device connected to the DSL router in order to see the "green light" on the printer.

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Why won't my WPS printer and Tbox connect to my extended AirPort network?

I have an AirPort Extreme (7.6.4) in my home network and recently added an Airport Express to improve the signal coverage. Most devices connect quite happily to the extended network (iPad, iPhones, iMac, Windows PCs).
However, my Epson XP-200 (WPS) printer and Telstra Tbox refuse to connect when the Express is on. If I turn off the Express they both connect fine.
What do I need to do in the AirPort Utility to allow these devices to connect with the Express on?

Are you using the guest wireless network?
Sorry but the solution to some of these things is usually arcane.. if you are not prepared to reset and try again.. it is really hard to suggest other things to do.
But here are some of them.
1. Set specific channels for 2.4ghz wireless.. Do not use 12 or 13 even though allowed in Australia because often US drivers are unaware of those channels.
2. Remove all wireless security.. only as a test.. do the printer and Tbox work if there is no security. You are only testing briefly and do not need to reset everything.
3. Do not use WDS to setup the printer. Plug the printer in by USB to the computer and redo its setup manually from scratch using the utility that came with the printer. This is often much more successful than using WDS with apple stuff. You will need to remove all the existing setups of the printer in the computer and start over.
4. You can also always export the settings.. just change the AE and Express back to factory defaults.. and do as little setup as possible.. you don't have to change anything else except the one computer you use for the setup.. if it fails.. simply restore the settings. If it works you can then change the settings on all the rest of the equipment.. is it really that big a hardship??
5. Why don't you extend using ethernet.. and see if you have the same issue?? You setup using the roaming network method.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4260
If the issue is only when you extend wireless then it at least gives you a headstart to complain to Apple about their multiple incompatibilities.

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The network I want looks like this: The modem plugs into Airport Express using ethernet. Audio plugs in here to go to the stereo for music. Then the signal is sent wirelessly to an Airport Extreme in the other room, which has a printer and a hard drive connected to it.
I can't get the Extreme to stop flashing yellow. I tried extending the network created by the Express. I tried a WDS network with Express as main and Extreme as remote. Same network name, different network names, factory resets...I seem to be at a loss. I had an older "Snow" type Airport and I had the printer working on it (though it didn't support hard drives). I can't seem to duplicate the steps I took when I set up that network.
Thank you for any help you may be able to offer.

Tim,
It would help to know which AirPort Extreme, 802.11b/g or n, and Fast Ethernet versus Gigabit, and Express (b/g or n) devices you have.
Also, if you have any of the newer 802.11n AirPort devices, make sure that you update the firmware and AirPort Utility software.
If you're trying to setup a WDS, that's for 802.11g and if you're trying to "extend" a network, that for 802.11n.
Hope this helps.

Printer and AirPort Extreme Base Station with Gigabit Ethernet

Hello!
I own a macbook, one windows xp pc, and two windows vista notebooks. I bought a airport extreme base station. I set it up with my macbook at first and I do a print and it works. I do the same with the others. I install the printers drives to all notebooks. Then tried to print and only one of them worked. They all have bonjour download for windows. So i restarted all the pc's and mac and tried to print and never prints. On the pc's i get a error message. On the mac i get an its busy and never prints. All of them connect to the internet, but no printing. I have the printer connected to the base station. I did two prints and then I couldnt print after that. Internet works. Please i need some help to fix this. Thanks in advance

Hi
Maybe you already have fixed your printing problem. I'm no expert but I sometimes have had printing problems and I feel for you. However, first of all. What sort of printer do you have? It sounds to me that one of the pc printing documents got stuck somewhere on its way to the printer and now it is taking up space on the network (figuratively speaking ofcourse). I can recall something happening to my network/printer some years ago. Unfortunately I can not remember what I did to fix the problem but if I were you I would do the following: First I would disconnect the pc from the network and then try to reset the printer clearing its print memory. Then I would try to get the mac to print again. If succesfull I would take the mac off the network and connect one of the pc's and get that to print. If I succeded I would repeat the procedure with the other pc's. If I wasn't succesfull I would clear the memory again and then try with one of the other pc's. But I would only try one computer at the time to try to isolate the problem. Maybe you have already tried this and since pc's are a mystery to me I dont't know how to help you in that department. However using bonjour on the pc's I would not expect to have problems (though I use Windowc XP print menu on my vertual pc - works fine).
Hope that you will solve your problem soon.
Berit

Time capsule printing and airport express

Just set up a TC and am having a couple of problems:
1) Cannot print. At first I got a message that the printer could not be found. Went back and reinstalled the printer with correct driver (would not accept auto setup)...now get a message that printing is complete but nothing prints.
2) Airport Express. On setup, Airport Utility detects both TC and AE. I set up TC and then reconfigure AE to join the wireless network. AE either disappears from Airport Utility or looks as if it is OK, but won't work with iTunes. AE did work with iTunes before I got the TC.
Any suggestions?

Iann wrote:
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!
I had a perfectly good dlink router, four or more computers all hooked up to the internet as well as a wireless printer and via Airport Express a color laser, and my iTunes could, via Airport Express, pump music into two spots as well as through my Apple TV. Fantastic!
Sadly - as soon as I plugged in a Time Capsule directly to the cable modem, I could not print from any computer - (although early on I could print on both printers from mine) Now -nada . The Airport Expresses are flashing amber and I am lost. I unplugged my old dlink figuring they would all see the new Time Capsule and automatically do whatever they needed to do. One of the printers is wireless on its own ( no Airport Express) and it doesn't work either on any computer.
It sounds like the first thing you need to do is to reconfigure your AirPort Express units to work with the Time Capsule. The first thing I'd do is to connect to each one with AirPort Utility and do a File/"Save a Copy As" operation to save the configuration details in case you need to restore them. The next step depends on the model(s) of the AirPort Express units. If they are all model A1264 units, then things will be a lot simpler. If any of them are A1084 or A1088 models, then things will be a little more complicated, requiring you to configure things as a "WDS" network.

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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

Printer and airport in the same hub

This worked 2 days ago- but that was before the ISP put in a new satellite dish and the airport needed to have an IP set manually- now it doesn't work and I'm trying to find a solution in system preferences.. First off the printer is fine- the lights are on- the internal test works. The Powerbook is fine- the lights are on- it works. The airport is on the lights are on- it works. The hub is on- it works. The cable works.
The players:
Powerbook G4 running 10.4.11 with airport card
Airport Extreme base station with ethernet cable to hub
HP Color laserjet 5m with ethernet cable to hub
HP 755 CM with ethernet cable to hub
Epson 2200 with ethernet cable to hub
imac with ethernet cable to hub running 9.2
G4 tower running 10.3.9 with airport card
Desired outcome:
Print on the HP Color laserjet 5M from the Powerbook G4 and keep the airport connection.
I am able to
EITHER
connect to the internet via airport from the Powerbook G4 with the network airport settins Airport ID:automatic,tcp/ip using DHCP,and appletalk on and when I attempt to print I get a "printer not responding"
OR
Turn off Airport- create a new setting in network of tc/ip using DHCP,appletalk active, and ethernet configure automatically AND plug the ethernet cable into the powerbook directly and I lose all internet connections.
Previously (before the new manual IP on the airport) I was able to print from the powerbook without a direct ethernet connection and without turning off airport.
I would like to do this again.
Apple Care has told me there is no support for printer connections to Airport except from a USB connection directly to the base station - interesting- but completely unusable in my situation- might as well just throw the base station out into the snow and keep ethernet only connections at that stage.

Is it possible to post a screen grab on this board?
network>airport
show>airport>configure usingIPv4: Using DHCP> 10.0.1.2
"printer not responding"
show>built in ethernet>tcp/ip>configureIPv4:> using DHCP with manual addressDHCP IP Address 10.0.1.2
"apple talk disabled" error in print monitor even though it's clicked on
Second network option- "office"
show>built in ethernet
tcip/ipconfigureIPv4:> manually - everything from the ISP- completely different from the local network IP
"apple talk disabled" error in print monitor even though it's clicked on
Third network option "automatic"
show>built in ethernet
tcp/ip
configureIPv4:> using DCHP with manual address
No internet connection
"apple talk disabled" error in print monitor even though it's clicked on
4rth network option "rh"
show>built in ethernet
Using DHCP
"apple talk disabled" error in print monitor even though it's clicked on

HP Deskjet F4100 series printer and AIRPORT EXTREME

From browsing this forum, there seems to be a lot of people with printing problems. Add me to the list!
I have an HP Deskjet F4100 printer attached to the USB port of the AIRPORT EXTREME. Printing a very simple and small text document wirelessly from one of my Windows Vista Laptops works fine, but when I try to print a more complex page, the print spool shows a print error and restarts printing the page. This is the case for the Windows Test Print Page for example. I bought the AIRPORT EXTREME to provide wireless printing capabilities at home. When the printer is attached directly to the laptop, printing is fine. Thank you for your help.

I have set more options in the Printer Properties for the AIRPORT attached printer.
Since color printing seems to not work properly, I have set the color options to use greyscale. This is not an ideal solution, but it atleast presents a printed page that is consistent.
I have also removed the bidirectional mode on the PORT tab in Printer Properties.
If ANYONE has had any good results with color printing using this printer on the AIRPORT EXTREME, please add some comments or suggestions! Thanks!

Windows2000, printing, and airport express

Hi All:
Here is what I am trying to do:
Print from a DellPC (Inspiron4000) running win2000 to an epson cx stylus 4200 that is connected via an usb cable to an imac running OSX.
So far the PC and Mac can connect to eachother via the netwrok established by the airport express (ie, I can transfer files back and forth no problem).
So far, when I run Bonjour for PC, I "see" the printer I want to connect to in the list of available printers. From the Mac, I have given permission to share said printer.
Problems begin when I proceed to the step on Bonjour in which I "add" the drivers, after the program runs for a few secs, I get an error message saying something like "you don't have sufficient control for yr computer..." What gives. I did some scouting and found a somewhat vague troubleshooting page on .mac.com suggesting I delete the printer from the queue and/or make sure my AE name is less than 40 char long...
I've tried to delete print queues the best I could, etc, but I just can't get it to work.
Note, in the past I have been able to print (marginally though, big files crap out) to the printer (albeit a different printer) that is connected to the airport express WHEN the airport express is ethernetted to my wireless modem/router (which is made by 2wire and i got it for free from sbcglobal when i got my dsl service). I don't like this configuration though.
I am becoming obsessed with getting this to work, and spending entirely too much time on this
Any suggestions...
Thanks, Jennifer
Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Configure the Express while it is within close range of the Extreme. Once it is configured place it about half-way between the location of the Extreme and the area of the house that experienced the weak signal. If the signal is still weak, try moving it a little closer to the weak area.
If you need advice about how to configure the Express to extend the network of the Extreme be specific about the problem you are having. If you are completely lost I suggest you do some reading first before you ask for assistance.
Here is a support article that should help.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4145

Can this device host an external printer and storage device simultaenously???

WRT350N - Subject says it all, would love for it to be a print server in addition to sharing my external USB drive.
Message Edited by PASCONE on 02-26-2008 05:50 AM

Yes, but the printer has to be a network printer connected to the router using an ethernet cable.
The box said windows xp or better... So I installed Linux!

Recently bought airport Extreme and have connected the device to the modem. WIFI works. However when I connect the LAN port to a switch I do not see the LAN printer and my NAS. Which setting do I miss?

I have installed my Airport Extreme and have conencted it directly to a modem. WIFI works fine. However I do not see my LAN network (printer. NAS,..).
Analysis:
Scen#1: When I connect the LAN port of the Airport Extreme to a switch (as input) and connect the other LAN devices also to the switch, those LAN devices do not have access to the internet. Also connecting the iPAD with WIFI to the Airport Extreme I cannot find my LAN printer and other devices.
Scen#2: When I connect the LAN port of the Airport Extreme to a router X (as input) and connect the router X to the same switch, and the LAN devices to the switch, those LAN devices do have access to the internet. Also connecting the iPAD with WIFI to the router X I can find my LAN printer and other devices in the LAN network.
Question what has impacted the behaviour of the Airport Extreme, not to detect the devices in the LAN network. Why is the use of a switch directly behind the Airport Extreme not working (no internet access for the other devices and Airport Extreme is not the basis station for the LAN network)?

Your scenario #1 is a correct configuration and should work. It seems as though your Extreme is not acting as a router as I believe you intend.
Most likely, you need to reset your modem. Power it down and let it rest for a few moments. Some need longer than others. Then, I recommend you "hard reset" your Extreme (see below) and configure it again, after the modem has been reset. From then on do not change what is connected to your modem without powering it down first.
Once configured, confirm your Extreme's wireless network works as expected and that your iPad and every other wireless device can load web pages. Then, connect the printer directly to one of the Extreme's LAN ports and confirm that it works as well. After that it should work equally well with a switch between it and the Extreme, as should every other wired device connected to the switch. This assumes your switch is an unmanaged device requiring no specific configuration.
Scenario #2: Having a router connected downstream of another is not a normal configuration, so don't pursue that as a solution. It will only distract you from determining the problem. If you want to repurpose Router X as another device do so only after everything else is working to your satisfaction.
To "hard reset" an AirPort Base Station: make sure it's powered up, then press and hold its tiny reset button and keep it depressed for five to ten seconds, long enough for its LED to flash amber rapidly. Release the reset button. Then, the LED will glow amber steadily for about a minute. Then, it will flash amber, slowly, about once every second or two, waiting for you to configure it with AirPort Utility.

USB printer on Airport Express via Bonjour: print queue no longer works

This is a variation of similar postings on this forum, but hopefully provides more information to allow others to pinpoint the problem.
Have been using Intel iMac 10.4.8 now upgraded to 10.4.10. Two printers attached: 1 via USB and a 2nd via USB/Bonjour on Airport Express. Both working flawlessly. 2 days ago, an ADSL Internet outage occurred. When this was reestablished an hour or so later, everything was back to normal, EXCEPT that the USB/Bonjour/Airport printer no longer works. When jobs are sent to it, the printer queue stops and a red "!" appears in the dock on the queue. Restarting the queue just brings back the red "!" again.
Have done all the usual things:
1. Checked cables, restarted iMac, restarted printer, reset Airport.
2. Have confirmed the printer works find if moved to a direct USB port. So the problem is not the printer.
3. Have upgraded the Airport firmware to 6.3. Works just fine as a network access point. So the problem is not the Airport itself.
4. Have deleted, added the printer, renamed the printer - none of these things helped (this was suggested by some postings on the forum)
5. Have tried every combination of which item is powered up first (this was suggested by some postings on this forum)
Have confirmed (by checking CUPS Error Log, as well as by Internet Connection Diagnostics) that the problem is that the iMac can no longer connect to the printer when printing on the local host if it is connected via USB/Bonjour/Airport. However, it can find the printer for adding a printer during setup. So Bonjour is working, but the printing is not.
There are lots of similar postings of people having problems with printers previously working, but then stopping working on an Airport Expresss/Extreme. I hope the above scenario, which is a very simple network topology, and the fact that the iMac and printer and Airport all work correctly on their own, is of help. It does look as if the problem is in the Airport Extreme, and was triggered by the WAN outage, and not fixed by printer reinstallation or firmware upgrade.
Looking forward to someone with a clever suggestion...
LeslieB

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