Network Printer Stops Working After a Couple of Weeks

[Siron]

I have my HP Laserjet (which is Ethernet ready) connected to my Netgear router. I have the printer set up by using either the Line Printer Daemon (LPD) with IP address I have locked in my router 10.0.0.5, IP Printing Protocol (IPP) or HP Jetdirect - Socket. Everything works fine for a couple of weeks and then when I try to print I get a "Network is busy cannot connect to IP address 10.0.0.5 will try again in X minutes". It never does connect. I have to manually remove the printer and set it up again with either IP Printing Protocol (IPP) or HP Jetdirect - Socket and it works fine - until the next time.
Am I doing something wrong here?

 

[NAG]

Nope, thats how cheap HP network printers work. They like to randomly crash.

 

[Avenger23]

Hmm... very strange that you would have to reset your printer every couple of weeks through the router. I have a HP Color LaserJet 2605dn and it connects to my Linksys WRT54G wireless router via ethernet. I've only had to set it up once to the network when I bought it. Have you possibly tried using the default tab in the Print & Fax System Preference, and clicking on your networked printer there? I've used both the default tab and IP tab using LPD without any problems.

 

[Siron]

The default tab is LPD. I've tried all three options and it does the same thing. Now it may go a month without a problem. Last time it happened I closed the lid on my MBA while it was sending the page to the printer which may have caused the problem.

 

[NAG]

Are you using a print server attachment or is it built into the printer itself?

 

[Siron]

It's built into the printer (it has an Ethernet port)