Characters on display have gone haywire.

I have an HP All-inOne 1600 series & have reinstalled. OP is XP.
I have never had a problem with this printer. It has been great!! ... until now. I hit print and got a "Carriage jam" message. I opened it and corrected it. When I closed the top, the characters on the printer's display window totally changed to 'non-letters'! Got any idea how to get the English alphabet back onto my printer display window?
Any help would be truely welcomed! I love this printer!!

Is that an Officejet, Deskjet or Photosmart printer?
007OHMSS
I was a support engineer for HP.
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