Windows 7 printing dark to HP LaserJet 2430tn

Our office has a HP LaserJet 2430tn, networked with multiple computers printing to it. One of those computers was recently replaced with a Windows 7 machine. Since then, documents printed by the Windows 7 machine are coming out much darker than the other computers. I can't seem to find the option to adjust on Windows 7 to correct that.
All the other computers print with no change, and everything looks normal. It's only the Windows 7 machine, and it works, just prints a little dark, and makes parts of our invoices hard to read.

Located a solution:
Go to Control Panel - Printers --- right click the printer and select Printer Properties.
Select the PORTS tab and disable Bi-Directional Printer Support. Seems to work whether the printer is installed either via USB or Cat5 to the Airport Extreme network.
For HP printers, if that first fix doesn't work, download and install the HP Install Network Printer Wizard - allow it to replace your 'newer' driver, but check hp.com for step by step instructions.
Third suggested fix is to download a PCL6 driver, or a different model-driver altogether that is more generic than model specific.

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