printer sharing using airport express and extreme

[stokesy7]

hey,
i'm using an airport extreme as my primary router for internet and everything, and i have a airport express set up in my bedroom for wireless music. i've set it up that the express is joined with the extreme so internet (from the lounge room) and music (in my bedroom) all run through one network.

i just purchased a printer which i plugged into my airport express to enable wireless sharing, and in airport utility it shows the express is connected to the printer, but while im connected to the extreme it wont let me print to it, however it'll still let me stream music to it. And to make is very frustrating because the networks are joined, it wont even let me connect to just the express to do the occasional printing that i want.

can you please help me in working out why i can't print.
it's really frustrating!!

 

[DoFoT9]

quite frustrating! i assumed it would just work..

have you gone into the airport utility of the extreme and had a look at the printer settings?

on the express there might be an option to share the printer using bonjour, or something. give that a go?

 

[stokesy7]

in the extreme settings it says:
USB printers: None

and there is the option to use bonjour, but i have no idea what that is or how to use it haha.

i've also selected the option in the extreme airport utility settings to share printers over WAN and it's still not working.

 

[DoFoT9]

in the extreme settings it says:
USB printers: None

ok thanks

and there is the option to use bonjour, but i have no idea what that is or how to use it haha.

bonjour is a communication method developed by apple that lets all devices be networked on a local network.

i've also selected the option in the extreme airport utility settings to share printers over WAN and it's still not working.

WAN sharing allows devices from all over the internet to connect to your computer/devices, you dont want this setting turned on

on the airport, turn on bonour in the printing settings if you can.