HP Laserjet 2100m endless printing with no print job loaded

I sent a print job to the wrong printer. Then I deleted that print job and re-send the print job to the HP Laserjet 2100m. It prints a line of garbage at the top of the page and feeds it through, then it continues doing that endlessly. I've even rebooted the PC, but whenever I turn on the printer it continunes just as before. There isn't even a print job in the que. What can I do to fix this? Thanks.

This seems to be a commercial product. For the best chance at finding a solution I would suggest posting in the forum for HP Business Support!
You can find the Commercial Laserjet board here:
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/bd-p/bsc-413
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