I have never tried with a printer, but the airport express works great as an Ethernet bridge to give wireless network access to devices that can't do wifi. I would assume that printing would work fine. When I still had my bondi blue iMac setup I used an airport express for wireless networking including file sharing.
- Tyler Sent from my iPhone On Dec 7, 2011, at 10:20 PM, Fabian Fang <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 7, 2011, at 8:31 PM, William Spencer wrote: > >> Hi there: I’m wondering if it’s possible to use the Airport Express as a >> network extender and run an ethernet cable to my trusty old Apple Personal >> LaserWriter 12/640PS? I know you can print using the USB port on the AE but >> I can’t tell if the ethernet port will work the same way. As always my >> thanks in advance! > > The Airport Express only has one Ethernet port, which you need for connection > to a Wireless Modem or a Router. You can do the above easily with an Airport > Extreme Base Station, that has four Ethernet ports. I have had such > arrangement with a LaserWriter 16/600PS for many years. > > The following thread from the Apple Support Communities is relevant: > <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2511643?start=0&tstart=0> > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
