AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express: Can‘t use USB printer utilities while printer sharing

You can use USB printer utilities when the printer is directly connected to a computer, not when the printer is connected to the USB port on the AirPort Extreme Base Station or AirPort Express.
Tip: The Mac OS X Installer includes several third-party USB printer utilities. You can read about them here.

Base station printer sharing works with:



When you need to use a USB printer utility, you should temporarily connect the printer to a USB port on a Mac OS X computer.

Published Date: Oct 7, 2016