Printer wont stop

I cannot get my printer to stop printing.  I have done cancel printing several time and nothing happens.  there is nothing in the print cue.  I installed a new driver from the HP web site and it said that it installed correctly.  I even told it to print a test page but when I tried to print it, whatever was in the printers memory continued to print and the test page never printed.  I have unplugged it and replugged it.  It just keeps printing a line of symbols on each page.
Helpl!!!
Thanks.

First of all - what printer?  Second - what OS?  Third - Have your tried leaving it disconnected from the computer and powering it on - can you print an internal test page such as a config or demo page without it continuously printing?  If the printer does internal test pages just fine then I can give you suggestions based on your OS on how to stop it from continuously printing.  If it does the garbage printing with no direct connection to the computer then it's a printer issue and we can work with that.
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