Windows XP machine looses printer then have to rerun bonjour printer wizard

I have a Windows XP Home machine that prints to an Epson cx5400 which is attached to an airport extream. It works fine for a while then it looses the printer. I have to rerun the bonjour printing wizard and add the printer again and delete the old printer.
Does anyone know how to prevent xp from loosing the printer
Thanks for any help
Craig

The printer does have some sort of power saving. It warms up when we print sometimes, but I don't think there is user settings for it. I'll try contacting Epson tech support to see if I can turn it off.
We are running Norton Internet Security on the XP machine, which includes a firewall and antivirus. There are several things that can be dissabled including the firewall and intrusion detection. Is there something with Norton Internet security that you know conflicts with airport printing or is there someplace I can look. I took a look at the I felix web site and didn't see anything.
Originally we connected without the Bonjour printing wizard by putting in the ip address and port. This quit working all together, but we had a reprieve because I downloaded the printer wizard which worked except for loosing the printer now and then. The machine can work for weeks and not loose the printer then all of a sudden loose it. I'm not sure what leads loosing the printer. Whether it's when we reboot the the airport or what. Its a periodic problem that does not occure on a daily basis.
Thank you for replying. You're help is appreciated greatly.

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