Powerbook forgets printer suddenly

Both at my home and office I have noticed intermittent printing issues with my powerbook. I have the airport extreme with my printers hooked to the airport in both locations. Without warning, when I go to print, the computer will state "no printer found". I go through all the usual motions and it will suddenly recognize the printer....sometimes. It seems isolated to the computer itself since it has happened at both locations with different airports/internet providers/printers. Any suggestions?

Is your powerbook getting old? Perhaps the airport extreme card is getting loose, or thee antenna is having intermittent loose connections. My 17" powerbook's airport died 3 days after the AppleCare expired. I replaced the airport card, and it worked for 2 days. Haven't shut it down long enough to take it apart and see where the loose connection is. It ain't easy!
I think my powerbook's problem was that it was jealous of being replaced on the truck by a MacBookPro!
I don't really know any other reason why a wireless connection to a networked printer would fritz out on you. You don't have similar problems with your MacBook?

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