Why do web pages print out in some kind of weird language or binary code?

When I look at a web page (ie. on-line order from Staples) it looks normal. When I go to print it, the formatting is bizarre - I cannot even reproduce it for you as it is full of marks and squiggles. Numbers do not come out at all.
I just always used Explorer if their was something I knew I was going to want a printed copy of.
(50@$0.49) $24.50 printed as E RM ] AMKQV F AOQKRM
PST/QST printed as mpqLnpq
The word Documents comes out as acAiaEaie with ~`" ^ type marks above the letters.

There's a Bug which causes Firefox to print '''gibberish''' or '''garbeled''' characters for certain fonts, with certain print drivers.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454532
''(Please don't comment in that Bug report unless you can provide a patch to fix the problem.)''
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html

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This happens every time I use Firefox.
Whenever I try to print a listing from Ebay, the main picture is omitted from the print-out. Here is an example. This first link is to a screen-shot (Fn and PrtSc) of a typical listing on Ebay:
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2) From the same article I have tried the 'Print' function on Internet Explorer. While it pains me to say this, I get the correct printing from Internet Explorer.
3) Operating Firefox in 'Safe Mode' has not removed the problem.
4) Operating in 'Normal' mode but with add-ons disabled has not removed the problem.
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javascript:;
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Or is that what you are using?
Overall it isn't unusual for "print" to be a bit different than what shows on the "screen", that page may use @media for "screen" and for "print". The '''Print''' item on that page could be the difference, or the web browser might be following that code is you used the '''Print ''menu item or button''''' in Firefox. <br />
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/media.html#media-types
Typically, the '''@print''' CSS code is used to hide navigation menu's ''(can't "navigate" to a different web page from a sheet of paper)'' and maybe advertisements ''(can't "click" on an ad that is on paper)'' from being printed out so that only the text of an article is printed to paper.
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