AirPort network: HP 1300 printer gets "lost"

My wife and I have the following setup at home:
iBook G3 w/ 10.4.3., AirPort card
iBook G4 w/ 10.4.3., AirPort Extreme card
Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station (latest software - I think 5.5.1)
HP LaserJet 1300
What happens: whenever I connect to the network and try to print, nothing gets printed. I have to restart the AirPort Base Station, and then, when I try to print again, it gets printed.
AirPort in the Network Preference Pane is configured:
- by default, join Automatic
- Using DHCP
- PPPoE is off
- AppleTalk is off
- no proxies configured
- use passive FTP mode
Over at the AirPort Base Station, the settings are (among others):
- Distribute IP addresses (share a single IP address)
How do I configure the iBooks and the Base Station in such a way, that printing is not such a problem???
(BTW, I posted this question on the "Networking Forum" before discovering this forum here, which is probably the better place to ask)
TIA!

If I understand you correctly, the setup would be:
- check both iBooks to have identical printer driver (since both iBooks run 10.4.3 and had a clean install of Tiger, this should be the case - but will check)
- take iBook G4 and have in System Preferences > Print & Fax >> Sharing the "Share these printers with other computers" checkbox turned ON
- take iBook G3 and have in System Preferences > Print & Fax >> Sharing the "Share these printers with other computers" checkbox turned OFF
Will try this out over the weekend (wife leaves her iBook G3 at work during the week) and report back to this place.
So far, TIA "Smokerz"!
Jan

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