IPad Mini - Printing issues via AirPrint

We have two iPad minis at home, we have a Air Print compatible HP 3525 e-All-in-One.. Both the iPad minis are the same generation using the same iOS version 7.0.6 From one iPad mini I can print on the above airprint from the Notes app. However, from the other iPad mini I am not able to print to the same printer. So did the following checks
a. both iPad connected to the same wireless network and they show equal signal strength and can browse the internet.
b. both the ipad minis are connected to the 2.4Ghz network & so is the above printer.
c. did the customary - forget network & reconnected to the network
d. switched off the ipad (cold boot) and switched on.
Yet, if I print a document from one to the above printer it works in one & does not work from the other iPad.
Finally, used my IE experience with printing problems - then cleared the cookies,cache and web history - then it started to print again. I have to see if this is consistent - but was amused by the behavior.
Any thoughts, is there something else should I check ?

I found the print function when I touched the REPLY icon. (So NOT intuitive!!) It then asked what printer I wanted to use. And it worked...finally.

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According to the printer specs, your printer has no wireless connectivity and is not airrprint enabled so unfortunately you won't be able to print from your ipad.
you'll find the list of HP web enabled printers here.
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hey guys.
hopefully someone can help me out here. I have an iPad mini that I've had for a year now. Up until about 3 months ago everything was working fine, now for some reason my iPad intermittently disconnects from wifi while streaming.
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