My printer starts out printing PDF files in english and switches to random characters.

Hp officejet 6310 ALl in one printer. WHen printing PDF files, the part or all of the first page prints out in english and the balance is random characters. What is going wrong.

The troubleshooting steps here may help resolve the issue.
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