Printer Troubles: Powerbooks, Airport Express and Epson C86

We have two Powerbooks, and we have an Epson C86 connected to an Airport Express. We are having trouble printing to the C86. My wife can not print at all and I can print only when I restart the AE, then as soon as my laptop is put to sleep and woken up again I can not print at all. I have to restart the AE.
I've tried resetting the printers and the printer utilities, but that again works once then not at all.
Is the issue the OS, the AE or the printer? Are there Epson printers that work smoothly with the latest OS and AE?
Thanks.

Actually, the problem is still persisting! In order to print I have to do the following:
1 Go to the back room with the printer
2 Restart the printer
3 Restart the Airport Express
4 Restart the Powerbook
Everytime! I am so ****** about this. The printer used to work just fine on the network. Sometimes I feel like technology takes one step forward and two steps back! Just give me a pen and paper!

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