Printer is printing many weird characters

unless you a specific printer that can print double sided in one run
you have to set the printer manually
to do this when you go to the print command , it will show up as print all, print pages etc
click on print pages then type in 1,3,5,7 each number has to be followed by a comma until you get to the last page or click on print odd pages only
then print what you want
when finished pick up all of the printed pages and put them back in the tray upside down with the top facing in the right feed direction
then go back to print all pages 2,4,6 etc or print all even pages then print
if you are not familiar with that procedure , practice on a couple of sheets until you get the way the pages face correct
practice by opening a new document and just typing a few words on the page 1 and 2
then print it out

Attempt to restore printer to factory defaults to cure this issue.

This is driver mis match symptoms or else your applications not supporting if connectivity in net work try to load laserjet drivers try it..

Please follow steps below on how to print 2-sided on your printer:
Printing on both sides of the paper (duplexing) automatically:

1. Press .
2. With a document open, click File > Print.
3. Click Properties, Preferences, Options, or Setup.
4. Click the Print Layout tab
5. From the Duplexing area, select Use Printer Settings from the drop-down box.
6. Make sure the light is on.
7. Click OK to close any printer software dialogs that are open.

Printing on both sides of the paper (duplexing) manually:

1. With a document open, click File > Print.
2. Click Properties, Preferences, Options or Setup.
3. Click the Print Layout tab.
4. From the Duplexing area, select Manual from the drop-down box.
5. Select the Print manual duplex instructions check box.
6. Press Start.
7. The printer prints the odd-numbered pages and the instruction sheet, which describes how to flip and reload the paper.
8. Following the instruction sheet, flip and reload the paper with the printed side facing away from you.
9. The printer then prints the even-numbered pages on the reverse sides of the odd-numbered pages, completing the two-sided sheets.

Note:

• button is not functional with a Macintosh operating system. You can print two-sided documents with a Macintosh operating system by using the settings in the Two-Sided menu of the Print dialog.
• Automatic two-sided printing (duplexing) works only with plain paper in letter and A4 sizes. If you want to print two-sided documents on another size or type of paper, use the manual duplexing method.
• To return to single-sided printing, make sure the light is not on.

Hi. I would suggest that you unplug the printer, reinstall software and check you computer for viruses. If i continues, try letting it print out. maybe someone set so that 30 pages with a smiley would be printed next time you plugged it in. I how this will fix you problem.

I am pretty sure I got this as a homework assignment in programming class. If I had someone give it to me then I wouldn't be even the limited programmer I am now. That said, I will help, but I will not give you the full out answer.

1. The number of stars and characters per line are an odd number to make the ASCii look like a diamond. For my example, the maximum number of characters per line is five.
2. Create a variable called dia_star that will hold the spaces and stars. To figure out the number of spaces that should be put into each star line, use this formula:

number of spaces per star = ( max number of characters per line - number of stars) / 2
dia star = number of lines before star and "*"
print dia star

1. --*--
2. -***-
3. *****

Good Luck,

NOLA Tech

I have had this happen before, this could be you need to change the drum kit on the printer itself, check the indicator light.

Current printers do not have a 'built-in' font or character set. The printers only print what they are told to print by the application from which they are printing. What program are you printing from? Does it do this with all programs? Check printing from very basic programs like Notepad or Wordpad (print documents that are at least a couple of pages long). If the printer prints correctly from there, you may need to contact the publisher of the program that is giving you the weird printing.

Hi,

I understand that the printer is printing garbage when you are trying to print from internet.

Please follow the below given instructions to resolve the issue.

This issue can occur if the data send from the application from which you are printing, is using the PC-8 character set. This will produce a smiley face or garbage charters each time an unsupported escape code is sent by application. To know the character set, please contact the manufacturer of the application.
Also, you can follow these steps to disable the power managment in the comoputer.
1. Right-click My Computer, choose properties
2. Click Hardware tab, click Device Manager button.
3. Click the + next to Universal Serial Bus Controller.
4. Right-click USB Root Hub, choose properties.
5. Click Power Management tab.
5. Uncheck the option "Allow the computer to turn off this device
to save power.
6. Click Ok.

If the issue persists, follow the instructions from the below given weblink to resolve the issue.

Here is the web document:

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http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?docname=bpu01105&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&dlc=en&lang=en

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Just copy and paste the entire link into the Internet browser's address bar and press enter.

This should resolve the issue.

Regards,
Lawrence

Sounds like a driver issue. The computer expects the printer to interpret #! as part of the "next page" string. The printer doesn't interpret it that way, and prints it instead. You'll either need to change your printer's emulation mode (if it has that feature, some older dot matrix printers do), or get a new printer driver. I'm guessing the latter. You're probably using a driver that's for a slightly different model.