Printing Problems on my Windows Network

I have a MacBook Pro 15” set up to work on my household wireless network. I’m trying to print from the MacBook to either my HPLaserJet 6P or my HP OfficeJet 2210 and encounter problems. When I try to print to either printer from the MacBook, I get a page with characters printed on a few lines at the top and then nothing on the rest of that page; I also keep getting blank pages after the first page is done. I have to manually stop the printing. The characters at the top of the first page are ALWAYS as follows:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%RBINumCopies 1
%%Pages: (attend)
%APLDSCEncoding:UTF8
%%Title: (L
I’ve downloaded and installed up to date drivers for both printers for OS X v10.4 from the HP website. (I’m running v10.4.8). I’m using a Linksys wireless router and my Mac ‘sees’ the shared drives and both printers as well as my workgroup in my Windows Network Neighborhood. Accessing the shared drives on the network from the Mac is not a problem.
Both printers are printing the same exact thing and behaving the same way. I have tried everything I can think of (uninstalling both printers and all drivers, downloading new copies of drivers and reinstalling them, reading books etc. etc.) I’ve about had it trying to troubleshoot this one. I can’t find any reference to this anywhere so far. Any help is appreciated.
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Here's the walk-through of LPR printing on the IP protocol.
http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=6664
Note that under "Printer Type" they select "LPD/LPR"
If your printer has an ethernet jack, then the queue name is usually left blank and each printer has its own IP number ("Printer Address"). In the example, they typed a server name under "Printer Address". Chances are, you will be typing in an IP number (192.168.1.78, for example - the number assigned to your printer or to your standalone printserver)
If you're connected through a printserver and it has only one port, generally, the "Queue Name" is left blank (don't write "nil" like they did in the example) and the IP number is that of the printserver.
If you have multiple ports on a printserver, then each port has a name (and the IP number is that of the printserver - same IP number for both ports). Be sure to type the port name into the "Queue Name" field in Print Utility for each printer connected to a port on the printserver.

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