Trouble with connecting Mac with printing Network of PCs

Massive Frustrations. I am trying to connect my MacBook Pro with OS X to my existing PC Network. I matched up the workgroup name and the sharing folders seems to be working. The printers are listed and everything seems to be running, but when I tried printing to my HP Photosmart and my Epson Inkjet printer (both linked to my pc network), it is printing alright -BUT continously with blank pages and a lot of binary jibberish - I do not know what else to do to correct this...everything seems to be configured accordingly, but I'm not getting the correct pages when printing. Any suggestions or oppinions anyone????!?! It would help greatly.
Thanks!
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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