Printing Smiley Faces

[SCHTUDE]

I have a couple of users who run W2K Pro and print to a HP LJ 5Si. The last few days when they print from a number of programs (Outlook, Word, Excel), the printer spits out about 20 pages with smiley faces in various locations:
:):) :) :) :)

Any ideas of what is causing this?

[NooNoo]

Most likely bugbear variant...
Or possibly very screwed printer driver.

[SCHTUDE]

I ran a newly updated NAV scan, 6 deep, and found nothing. All the users have the same driver too.

[PeLiGrOsO]

like NOONOO says, screwy printer drivers. you need to update their printer drivers, or removed and reinstalled printer and make sure you dont keep the existing driver.

[Archer]

Or its just a very happy printer :rolleyes: :D

[DonJ]

In case you haven't already done so, go here for drivers for your LJ 5si. (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?pnameOID=14989&locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=25478&Submit.y=10&Submit.x=7) Also, notice the links there for troubleshooting, etc. If the printer is printing garbage characters, the first thing it says it to reseat or replace your cable. Try printing a selftest to see if that prints correctly.

[jitBob]

I have found that we have fewer problems when we use the LJ4 printer drivers. Seems the drivers for the 5 and 6 are not up to par.

[Pluto]

I have similar problems with NW printer drivers (mainly HP) in citrix.