Airport Extreme sporadically drops printer

Printer: HP DeskJet 6540
Base Station Firmware: Problem present on all firmware revs (most recent two or three)
Issue: At irregular intervals printing fails to the printer from wired and wireless clients. Going to the Airport Utility the Airport Extreme reports no printer.
Fix: In Airport Utility->Manual Setup->Printers uncheck the Bonjour checkbox, click "Update", wait for Airport Extreme to reset, printer reappears as connected, then recheck Bonjour checkbox. Printing works again. Seems to be occurring with greater frequency.
Anyone else seeing this, or is it my base station flaking out?

So I hooked the printer up to my iMac via USB and turned on printer sharing. Much more stable. Easier to manage. Still would prefer to use my Airport since it is an always on device. If anyone shuts down the iMac, the printer is no longer available.

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