HP Officejet 6210 network problem

I have a HP Officejet 6210 & I tried to install a Network USB 2.0 print server. It seemed to install OK but when I try to print it just prints a series of letters & symbols. Can you tell me what I did wrong?

Hello-
I would guess the Network hub is getting an IP address from the router. Can you access the hub and find out what ip has been assigned to the printer ??
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