[OSX 10.7] loosing bonjour connection Officejet Pro 6500

I have an Officejet Pro 6500 and can't get the printer to work flawlessly.
This is the problem:
After installed the printer successfully everything works fine, but after a few minutes (mostly around 10 - 15 minutes). OSX cannot find the printer anymore trough bonjour.
The only solution is to shutdown the printer and putting it back on. But when it's on for a while, the connection is lost again.
What did I try without any luck:
Changed the Wifi channel to a more clean channel for a more stable connection.
I gave the printer a static IP, added the printer by IP instead of bonjour, no problem anymore, but then scan to pc is not working when the bonjour connection is lost, so this is not an option!
I removed the printer completely from OSX and reinstalled everything
All firmware / drivers are the most recent
Tried with a network cable in the router instead of using Wifi
What did I discover:
I ran a ping to the ip address of the printer, and noticed the connection wasn't very stable (even when the printer is allmost on top of the router)
When the connection to the printer is lost for a second or two (due to wifi dropping the connection) I notice the OSX can't find the printer anymore through bonjour, I cannot open the webpage of the printer also (http://HPxxxxx.local.) but I still can open the webppage trough IP (http://192.168.x.x) when shutting down the printer and putting it on again, I can connect to the bonjour address again and OSX can find the printer again.
Does anyone have a solution for this problem or is it the crappy bonjour support of this printer ?
Is it possible the problem points to the wifi router/modem ? I allready bought a new router and will test this tommorow.
Please let me know if anyone had this problem and how it was fixed.
Thanks!

I'm having the same problem-- but also with an Epson printer, so I'm thinking it's probably interference. That's what I'm hearing from other sources. In my case, if I turn off the wireless extender I'm connected to, the printer connections are found again. Otherwise, if anyone has any ideas, I sure would appreciate it.

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