Why does my printer C4180 prints meaningless characters?

HP Photosmart C4180 All-in-one.
Operating system Widows XP.
When I print one or more pages, they are sometimes placed with strange characters.
Sometimes half the page is ok and the remaining odd.
I have run the update of HP software but there is no difference.
At night I always break the power to the machines.
How do I remove the problem?

The troubleshooting page here may help.
Bob Headrick,  HP Expert
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