Printer prints papers of weird characters

Hi,
I have a network printer which has the correct driver (HP LaserJet 400 M401 PCL 6) installed on a Windows Server 2008 R2 and when printer to this printer from a client computer (both additional drivers for 32-bit and 64-bit are installed on the server), it sometimes prints a lot of papers with all kind of characters. You need to cancel on the printer and finally turn it off to stop the papers printing. What can cause this? I've installed everything correctly and sometimes it works for a while and then it just stops printing correctly and print this papers of characters. I've already tested with an universal driver too but sometimes the same problem pops up.
Please help!
Thank you!

If the output is repeatable (i.e. exactly the same when reprinting the same document, using the same driver, to the same device), then it is likely that it is caused by a driver (or driver settings) fault.
There may be a more up-to-date driver available, or (depending on the printer model) you may perhaps be able to switch to a driver using a different Page Description Language(i.e. PCL5 or PostScript instead of PCL6 (the 'marketting' name for the PCL XL PDL)).
If the error(s) is/are random, they are much more likely to be the result of intermittent corruptions of the generated print stream between the workstation and the device (check cables, ports, switches, etc.); it could also possibly be an intermittent problem with the printer itself.

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