Networking color laserjet 3800 printer with Windows 7 OS

I have a color laserjet 3800 that is networked in an office of 5 computers using Windows XP pro OS. I just purchased a HP pavilion Slimline Windows 7 64 bit OS computer. The networking and printer networking set up was a breeze until it came to connecting the 3800. I have downloaded the PCL 5, 6 and universal drivers. When I go to add printer as a network printer and choose the 3800 it gives an error of not being able to find a driver. I tried to manually find the driver but it does not find a match in PCL 5, 6 or universal driver. The link below clearly shows the 3800 to be compatible with windows 7, but I cannot get it work.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type=Hardware&p=HP%20Col...
The network absolutely sees the printer and lets it be chosen but does not let it get installed on the windows 7 machine.
Thank you for any assistance.

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