I have a Canon pixma 4000 plugged into the USB port of an Airport Extreme Base Station. Both my desktop and my laptop (12-in PB) use the printer and it's worked just fine. Yesterday, it stopped working because it was out of ink. Today, in an effort to find out which cartridge, I tried to start to print, just to get the ink message. This time, from both machines, it told me the printer was not connected properly and to make sure it was turned on and connected. I unplugged the printer and the base station and tried again. This time, the printer worked fine from the laptop (wirelessly) but NOT from my desktop. If I connect the cable directly into the USB hub (and not the AE base station) it works from the desktop (but obviously it's not going to work from the laptop). I've checked the cable; it's not that. I've tried turning off the base station for about 5 minutes and then reconnecting. I've tried restarting the desktop.
I can still connect to the Internedt from the laptop, so obviously the base station is still working on some level.
Anyone have any other ideas as to why the printer suddenly won't work from the base station?
I also posted this in "networking."
Thanks.
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