Difference in color from CS5 to my printer.

I cannot get the output of an HP Photosmart 7520 printer to match the image on my calibrated screen.  Previous HP printers had no trouble;  this one prints slightly red and slightly dark.  It is consistent on Windows XP and Windows 7 and on a different computer.  It is also consistent with Windows Paint.  HP has no answer; they referred me to Adobe.  Any suggestions or answers would be appreciated.  P.S. I am a professional photographer and this is not a trivial problem.

Here are some screen shots...
I'm pretty sure I've been able to print out of there before. I haven't had this printer THAT long (since Christmas) and I haven't used it a ton. I do know I printed a PDF once with color and that worked fine. I tried a PDF tonight and it wouldn't print color on that either. The "grayscale" button was NOT checked on that, either.

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