Having the same issue here, when we use the 1606 driver. If we use the HP Universal Driver, it seems to work fine, but there are some issues, biggest one being about half the time Excel will print gobble-dee-goop.
The current solution is using the universal driver until someone complains then fix their machine to use the 1606 driver, but even that's hit or miss on whether it crashes the spooler on the print server, and even the local machine.
Would love to hear if any one has found a solution yet.
(Sorry, just now seeing that this thread is over 2 years old)