Hp c309- problems printing from laptop wo pc on

My printer is set up through my pc and my wireless router. I am finding that I cannot print wirelessly unless my pc is on. Does this sound correct? I don't want to have to keep my pc on all the time as we don't use it that often. I'd also like to reinstall the printer through my laptop so that is the origin. Please help.

You have mentioned that the printer is connected to the PC and to a wireless network.
As long as the printer has valid information for the network, you should be able to use the printer wirelessly rather than shared (with the print server).  
The easiest way to accomplish this task would be to uninstall the printer from the other computers and to reinstall the printer making sure to select the network option.
Depending on the software version, you may be prompted to enter the IP address of the printer.  If you do not know what this is, you can get this by going to setup>network>View Network Settings on the printer and select the appropriate network option.
I recommend setting up the printer only as a network printer rather than network and USB if possible.  This would prevent some issues from arising and make the printer installation a little easier as a whole.  However, we can leave the printer connected with a USB cable to the "print server" computer as I'm not certain if you need to have the printer physically connected to that computer.
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