Printing produces a bunch of gibberish

When installing Salon Transcripts STX, I need to print out a page to help with the installation.
When I send the print command, my printer, an HP Photosmart C3180, prints out gibberish and doesn't stop until unplugged.
Mac mini is stock Core Solo, 512 RAM, and the Hp printer was given to me free when the mini was purchased.
The printer connected directly via USB, and the HP drivers for Mac are installed.
Mac Mini Core Solo Mac OS X (10.4.7) 512 MB RAM

try going to the printer manufacter's web site and download and install all updated driers for the printer specific model. Go to this website
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&x=7&dlc=en&produ ct=1146331&lang=en&y=0&
Select your operating system and then download the software 7.9. once it is installed restart your comptuer and it should work after that.

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