Why does my network stop recognizing my printer and telling me it is offline.

I got a photosmart 6510 printer and it loses wifi connectivity.  in order to get it working again i have to toggle the wifi on and off on the printer.  It only maintains a connection for a short time and i have to toggle the wifi on and off again.  The connectivity seems to only be lost between the printer and laptop (running windows 7)  or the printer and phone (android ginger bread).  I have a ps3 on the same network and connectivity to that device is never interrupted. The ps3 connection  works even when my computer and phone report the printer is offline.  I have enabled full trust to my computer and phone and even established a static IP address for the printer.   The update IP address application can't even find the printer when i input its static IP address.  please someone help.

Thanks for your help.
I was able to find the address line and I did find the screen that allows a person to change the static IP address.
I decided not to mess with the static IP address.
Instead I moved my G router, which is in the basement to another location.
I went 10 days w/out losing printer connection to the network for 10 days.
I did not use the printer during those 10 days.
Right now, I am leaving the printer off until I used it.
I see no reason to leave the printer on for an extended period, if I'm not printing.
If I lose connection, the next time I try to print, then I will move the printer to the first floor.
Otherwise I will buy an N router.
I've been losing connection from my pc to the G router more often lately,
so maybe the router is failing.

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