Airport Extreme Printing from Imac

Zeeinnm · Nov 20, 2009, 04:10 PM

I attached my Imac to the Airport and the printer to the Airport. It's a Canon Pixma MX700. The airport utility sees the printer but when I try to print, the Imac does not see the printer. I hardwired the Imac to the Airport because I assumed the connection speed woud be better. Could this be the problem? I am able to get on-line from my laptop PC so I know the thing is working. I have not tried to print from the laptop.

skorpien · Nov 20, 2009, 04:13 PM

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the printer? If you haven't since connecting the printer to the AEBS, that would be your problem. The iMac communicates with the printer differently when it's connected directly than when it's connected to the Extreme.

Zeeinnm · Nov 21, 2009, 02:48 PM

I'll give that a try.

Nov 20, 2009, 04:10 PM	#1
Zeeinnm macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2007	Airport Extreme Printing from Imac I attached my Imac to the Airport and the printer to the Airport. It's a Canon Pixma MX700. The airport utility sees the printer but when I try to print, the Imac does not see the printer. I hardwired the Imac to the Airport because I assumed the connection speed woud be better. Could this be the problem? I am able to get on-line from my laptop PC so I know the thing is working. I have not tried to print from the laptop.

Nov 20, 2009, 04:13 PM	#2
skorpien macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2008	Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the printer? If you haven't since connecting the printer to the AEBS, that would be your problem. The iMac communicates with the printer differently when it's connected directly than when it's connected to the Extreme. __________________ 17" 2.6 GHz Penryn MBP Collector's Edition 2.4 GHz Alu MB Time Capsule 1.5TB; Apple TV 160GB; iPhone 3G S 32GB; iPhone 3G 16GB; iPod Video 30GB

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Nov 21, 2009, 02:48 PM	#3
Zeeinnm Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2007	I'll give that a try.