Duplicate printing (using wireless network) when Air reawakens.

OK, I'll print something, using my Macbook Air, but printing wirelessly and using my desktop as a kind of server, with printer sharing on. (The printer is hard-wired to the desktop.)
Then I'll go and do whatever I do, until I'm done, and close the Air.
Then, when I return to the Air, when the computer comes out of sleep, the job will print all. over. again. And there's no way to stop it, since the job is through the spooler and at the printer before I know it's happening. (I think Word has to still be running on the Air for this to happen.)
I end up with two copies of lots of things, and lately they've been long documents that I've been printing for school.

If you open the print queue on the Air and select Jobs > Show Completed Jobs, this should show if the job is being sent twice from the Air. If the job only shows being sent once then you could check the same thing for the shared print queue on the desktop.
If neither shows the job as being sent/received the second time then my only suggestion would be a reset of the printing system on both Mac's. This will delete the all the printer queues in Print & Fax but not the associated printer drivers, so you will only need to add the print queues again.
*How to Reset the Printing System*
1. Open System Preferences > Print & Fax
2. Move your mouse over the Printers list
3. Hold down the Control button and click the mouse
4. Click the "Reset printing system ..." popup
5. Restart your Mac

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Through a lot of trial and error, I actually figured it out myself. I did a lot of jumping around, so hopefully I remember everything I did:
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