Laptop difficult finding printer on bootcamp imac

Hello ! Thank you very much for your time !
Info:
iMac is bootcamp with Windows 7. Printers have been set up and shared on both OSX/Windows on the network. iMac is the main computer.
Drivers have been installed on all computers.
Problem:
Asus Laptop has difficulty re-connecting to the printer when the iMac is switched between OSX & Windows.
E.g. Printer cannot be found at times.
Does anyone know why this might be happening or a permanent fix?

How do you have the Asus configured? I'm guessing it has 2 different printers set up - one for when the Mac is running OSX and one for when it is running Windows. Also, have you noticed a pattern of failure? For example, if you printed yesterday when the Mac was running OS X and today when you try to print but fail is it running OS X or WIndows?

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