Printer losing wifi connection using Airprint

[Bossman]

I have an iPad 2 running iOS 5 and I am having problems when trying to print to an HP3050A printer.

The AirPrint connection doesn't normally work when I try it first time. To get it to work I have to restart the wifi on the printer usually by restarting in. After 1 print (yes one) it drops the connection and needs another restart. So, if I need five different pages printing it's five restarts!

This is driving me mad as it means sitting by the printer when printing.

Any suggestions are very welcome.

Thanks