Windows continually printing random characters/numbers/hieroglyphics whenever printing is activated from any application

[Guest Amy Kucharo]

I have an issue where any time I print from an application, whether it be a Windows application, a 3rd party app, the cloud, Adobe, etc., once the print job is complete, random prints begin generating from the printer and cannot be stopped. This is annoying and wasting tons of paper! I am coming to this community with hopes that someone knows/understands the Windows Print spoolers as I suspect there is a corrupt job somewhere in the spooler that is being woken up by the printing activation. I've included a screenshot of what the page looks like when it prints for reference.

 

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