Mac doesn't wake printer up. Printer connected to Airport Express' USB

Setup here is:
- Brother printer (all-in-one DCP-7060D) hooked up to the USB port of an Aiport Express.
- MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
- Wi-fi network serving multiple devices.
- One of the devices is a PC running Windows 7.
Problem here is:
The printer enters into a "Deep Sleep" mode after some time of inactivity, as indicated on its little screen. In this mode, only the PC running Windows 7 can successfully wake the printer up automatically when it sends a print command. In other words, I'm working on the PC, say in a Word document. I hit "Print", bingo, the printer wakes up, does its thing and beautifully spits out a printed copy of my Word document. As it should.
On the other hand, if I'm working on any Macintosh computer on the same wi-fi network, say in a Word document, I hit print and nothing happens with the printer. On the Print Queue in the Mac that sent the print order, it says the printer is offline.
This problem kind of comes and goes and I've already updated the printer's firmware and drivers (strangely, this is one of those that don't come in OS X by default).
Ideas? Suggestions?

Ya' know.. I'm not totally sure. I went to Airport Utility... selected my base station, clicked on Manual Setup... clicked on Disks and saw that my USB Drive was listed. After that I opened the finder, went to network, connected to my base station from there and my USB Drive popped up and I mounted it.
It's been working fine since.

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