My laserjet 2100M prints jibberish

All of a sudden my trusty laserjet 2100M is printing one-line jibberish on multiple pages. Even if I type one six-letter word in "Word" and ask it to print, the printer gives me 10-20 pages of rubbish and I can't get it to stop, even by cancelling the job, until it is good and ready. I tried to download another driver, but when I get to the part where it asks me if I want to unzip, I do so. Unfortunately I do not even know what that means, and even though it says it unzipped successfully, it doesn't tell me what to do next. Any suggestions, please? Thanks.

Your laserjet 2100tn is a commercial product. I will suggest posting in the forum for HP Business Support for a better chance at finding a prompt solution.
You may find the commercial Laserjet board here.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/bd-p/bsc-413
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