Printing from an iMac to a printer connected to a router

I have a HP LaserJet 2100 connected to my router (via Parallel Port), and shared across my windows home network. The printer is easily located within the 'windows' section of 'add printer', and the correct driver is selected. When I try to print anything from my iMac, it produces:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0 %APLDSCEncoding: UTF8 %APLProducer: (Version 10.6.1 (Build 10B5
and appears to trail off the side of the page. It then goes on to print an endless amount of blank pages, only stopping when I turn off the power to the printer and empty its memory. When I print from my PC (XP), I have no problems. Has anyone experienced this problem or similar? Any solutions?

After many hours of researching, I found a solution:
I changed the printer driver from (in my printer's case) 'HP Laserjet 2100 Series' to 'HP Laserjet 2100 Series - Gutenprint v5.2.3'.
I'm assuming that the 'Gutenprint' driver is one which can be used for non-usb printers, potentially connected to a shared computer. In any case, it works now.

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