I purchased the Apple AirPort Express Base Station along with a brand new HP Officejet 6500 USB printer. The whole idea was to connect the printer’s USB cable from the printer to the Airport and have my MacBook Pro detect the printer to enable wireless printing.

Well, my enthusiasm has waned considerably. AppleCare sent me a new AirPort Express and it still did not work. So they sent me another AirPort Express and it still does not print wirelessly. So, this is the third unit I’ve had, all new, and none of them detect my printer unless it’s directly connected.

I’ve downloaded and installed the latest AirPort utility. The printer works fine as long as it’s connected via USB cable to my MacBook Pro. However, that really defeats the whole purpose of getting the base station.

So, if 3 brand new AirPorts haven’t worked for wireless printing, then maybe there’s something wrong with

A. The HP printer driver for Mac OS X

B. Some other wave interference

C. MacBook Pro configuration - but what, I do not know.


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