Undesirable and random GET_CONFIG pages printing from HP Color LaserJet CM2320fxi

An HP Color LaserJet CM2320fxi MFP is printing at what seems as random times two pages.  The first page is a GET_CONFIG page and the second page is a two line page of random giberish characters much like the Windings font.
Error logs on the printer don't reveal anything is wrong.  It apears that the printer is not aware of these printing events or is not recording them in the logs.
Something similar to this has been encountered and was a result of bad memory or a corrupted firmware load.
This sort of behavior was found posted online in a very brief message on HP's site. Different model of course. http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/get-config-pages-on-models-CP2025/td-p/1095046  The problem apeared not to be resolved.
I dislike the event log of these printers. It doesn't define datetime stamp of the events.
Copied event log:
Number Code Page
8 54.2500 2606
7 54.2500 2598
6 13.0000 2324
5 13.0000 2264
4 13.0000 1503
3 13.0000 888
2 13.0000 812
1 54.2100 0
The number of events with these symptoms seem pretty sparse. At least those that are reported. http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-printing-questions/CM2320fxi-Locks-up-when-printing-from-Ubuntu-9...
Also, the error 54.xxxx doesn't appear to be documented which makes identifying the problem rather difficult.
The "Get_Config" occurrences were taking place shortly after the scheduled calibration process occurred. This was discovered by chance when i just happened to walk by and heard the printer spin up and watched it give birth to the get_config pages.  Almost like it was trying to communicate with me.. Perhapse I need to "get_config".  LOL
As a last resort I reset the NVRAM.  The reset of the NVRAM didn't resolve the problem. There is not enough information available from HP to find a resolution to this problem. This is an attempt to open up a support request with HP or knowledeable HP guru types via this forum.
Suggestions other than that of  watching and reenacting Office Space are welcome.

Phillip -- that did seem to work. Thanks!
One thing of note, after sleuthing it out a bit more, I realized that this happened after I was prompted by Apple's Software update to update the driver to version 1.1.1 (I think that was the number). that update seems to have broken Acrobat, so returning to the one on the Adobe site restores the functionality.
Perhaps this will be an alert to others not to install the Apple driver when prompted, though it's easy to let that slip by.
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