AirPort Extreme - If Your Printer Isn’t Responding

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IfYourPrinterIsn’tResponding

If you connected a printer to the USB port on your AirPort Extreme and the computers
on the AirPort network can’t print, try doing the following:

1

Make sure the printer is plugged in and turned on.

2

Make sure the cables are securely connected to the printer and to the AirPort Extreme
USB port.

3

Make sure the printer is selected in the Printer List window on client computers.

On a Mac using Mac OS X v10.5 or later:

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Choose Apple > System Preferences, and then click Print & Fax.

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Click Add (+) and select your printer in the list.

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Click the Add button.

On a Mac using Mac OS X v10.2.7 or later:

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Open Printer Setup Utility, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder.

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If the printer is not in the list, click Add.

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Choose Bonjour from the pop-up menu.

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Select the printer and click Add.

On a computer using Windows:

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Open “Printers and Faxes” from the Start menu.

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Select the printer. If the printer is not in the list, click Add Printer and then follow the
onscreen instructions.

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If Bonjour for Windows is installed, click the Bonjour Printer, click the Bonjour Printer
Wizard on the desktop, and follow the onscreen instructions for setting up a printer.

4

Turn off the printer, wait a few seconds, then turn it back on.

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