HP CLJ 3800 prints without color

The HP 3800 was printing perfectly until I changed from Win XP to Win 7.The printer is operated as a home network printer. After installation of the driver (as chosen by the Win 7 installation system) it then printed only without color. Since HP apparently no longer updates drivers for older printers, I assumed it was a driver problem. However since it prints only B/W when operated at the printer menu itself - say by printing the diagnostics page from the pinter keyboard - it has only just dawned on me that it cannot be a driver problem. Attempts so far: The firmware has been replaced with a 2014 version.A cold reset has been performed.The black toner cartridge has been replaced - it was almost finished anyway. The other cartridges are more than half full.All cartridges have been taken out and put back.The formatter assembly has been pulled out and put back firmly. These measures produced no change. An engine test was performed and the output sheet did print colored lines - but still no color otherwise. It is an old printer but still produced beautiful output until this hiccup. Any advice on what to do next would be appreciated.

Further to this post. Printing of color is intermittent. I turn the printer on one day and there is color, another day no color. Today the first printing had color, subsequent printing no color. Nothing was changed in the configuration. Would one of the HP experts just point me in the right direction. PLEASE.

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