Airport Extreme Printing across multi Base Stations

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Hi Folks,
I'm helping out at a school in setting up an Airport wireless network. Running Airport Extreme over DHCP with 5 base stations and 15 eMacs and 3 iBooks (over a large dispersed area, 1 per Teacher). I have them all accessing the Internet and class folders on the iMac ASIP 6.3 server in the lab (40 various iMacs).
I have a USB/Ethernet (DHCP) Laser printer (Kyocera FS1010n) connected to one of the Base Stations. I can print to it via IP or USB from any eMac or iBook connected wireless to the same base station as the printer, but I cannot see nor print to the printer from computers connected wireless or wired to the other base stations. I have been limited in the time I have available to spend on the problem, but need to get it going nonetheless. I have the feeling I have missed something in the docs, so I'm willing to admit to the DERR factor on this.

Any info will be greatly appreciated.
 
Couple of thoughts - Do you have it set up so that only one of the Base Stations is the DHCP server (giving out IP addresses)? That's important because it ensures all the base stations and connected computers have the same single point of access (for DNS resolution, etc). Is it true that the printer is connected via both USB AND ethernet? Not good. And the printer, if connected by ethernet, should have a manual IP address.

Check these things, and then come back with more network details if it doesn't work.
 
I know that as long as the computer that is the "print server" is selected to have Print Sharing on, you should be able to set up your other computers to see that printer as the "Default" in Print/Fax.
 
After looking through Apple's TIL's, I think all machines need to be on the same sub-net in order to share a printer.
 
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