Muddy dark prints HP Officejet Pro L7780 + Vista Home

When I print in Lightroom 1,1 or Elements 5.0, my prints are dark and muddy. If I print from any other software they are fine. I can only find two HP icc profiles and they make it worse. I managed to install a sony profile and it is much better but still not right. I can not seem to install any other profiles.
I have calibrated my monitor and when I send the files out for printing the prints are perfect. Any suggestions or any links that will give me a step by step method of getting the printer to work better.

Here is an epson video. Won't be your driver dialogs but the info is good.
http://www.whibalhost.com/_Tutorials/Photoshop_LR/11/index.html
Driver setup starts about 9 min. in.
Here is a tutorial for Canon
http://www.steves-digicams.com/techcorner/June_2005.html
And one for Epson again
http://www.steves-digicams.com/techcorner/May_2005.html
Not much HP help out there that I know of. Should be able to read between the lines though.
The basics are
- Select the Paper profile in LR
- Select the correct paper in the driver
- Turn off color management in the driver

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