HP Officejet Pro X476dw MFP Wireless Connection Lost

Setup
HP Officejet Pro X476dw MFP (hereafter MFP) connected wirelessly to Apple Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS). Two MacBook Pros (MBP) also connected wirelessly to AEBS. MFP has been assigned a fixed IP address which has been removed from the AEBS's DHCP range.
Problem
Sometimes (but not always) when attempting to print while the MFP is sleeping (but blue wireless light is still on) MFP is not visible to the Macs and therefore they cannot print to it. The HP Utility also fails to find the printer, displaying only the information that seems to be stored in Bonjour. Once, after an attempt to print resulted in the printer not being found, I tried to turn the MFP off. Until I canceled the print operation it wouldn't turn off.
I used to have an HP Officejet 6500 with wireless and can recall neither having to assign it a fixed IP address nor experiencing these problems.
Any thoughts? Do I have a problem that Bonjour and IP are both on? Is the MFP failing to respond to a wakeup signal from the AEBS?

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