Color is way off when printing

Windows XP, LR 2.5.  On the screen the document looks fine.  When I print it is very blue & green, most of the other colors are gone.  I print the same photo to a jpg.  It looks fine on the screen and prints fine on the same printer.  I send the photo (with adjustments) to Photoshop CS4, the colors are right, print to the same printer and it prints right.  Only printing directly from LR is having problems.
Any ideas?  Thanks!
Rich

I must just be missing something.  I'm in LR in the Print module.  Under Print Job I see Color Management, Profile: Managed by Printer.  My only options are that and Other - and other wants me to choose a printer profile.  I'm printing to a network printer (HP color laser).  The only profiles I see are ones where I've installed the printer on my computer, like the Canon inkjet I have.  Do I have to install the printer driver on my machine to change it?

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