Issue With Printing Smiley Faces

Hello,

For some reason, my HP LaserJet 3700DN printer is printing a line of smiley faces. Unfortunately, HP say it is the 'formatting board'. Whatever that is.

I was just wondering if there were any clued up people in the know about how to fix this issue

The issue can be described as:

-Printing on windows 8 Word displays "HP LaserJet 3700 Could Not print"

-After trying to print, turning the printer off and on again proves it to automatically print a page with 5 or 6 smiley faces along the top.

-It has all the latest drivers installed.

-It has a wired connection.

If anyone knows how this can be fixed (Preferably free (as I'm a student)), I would be HUGELY thankful as this thing is my lifeline in some situations.

Great Thanks

Benjamin Best