Tricky networking question

I have both an airport ext. and and airport express. can I use the express usb connection only? and not use the express for networking internet? the issue is that I want to use the 802.11N on the extreme and not the express 802.11g. would like to network a printer however

Why dont you just use the Airport Extreme's USB port to share your printer?

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