Photosmart b210a photo printing has terrible colors

I just got my b210a and I'm using the cartridges that came with the printer and using HP advanced photopaper. I'm printing through Windows Live Photo Gallery application using the highest settings available. However the colors are off. They're dull and have a tint to them like a slight sepia tone or like they were taken with a camera in the 70s and left in a smokers house for 30 years. I will say that the thing prints pretty fast though. Anyway, is there a way to fix this? Maybe there's a better optional ICC profile I can use somewhere?

Addition to my previous post: In some other thread, it was discussed that glossy paper does not accept the pigmented black ink. I read that as that the pores in finish on the glossy paper cannot absorb the black ink.
What does that mean then? Well, it probably means that on glossy media, the Photosmart Plus does not print using black but only CMY. If you want to print in CMYK, you need to get a model that supports Photo Black, such as the Photosmart Premium. The B210 cannot produce good contrast photos because the combined density of the CMY inks just won't do. That's the problem, right there.
HP is welcome to prove me wrong. Then of course, they have to come up with another explanation as to why photos lack contrast when printed on the B210.
And it's not that the photos look faded that's the problem. It's that they clip where they saturate, and black would have come to the rescue. Photos printed on the B210 just look weird.
Lab quality photos my ass. What lab? The run down drugstore on skid row, with its 2 hour photo service and the permanent beer stain by the counter? That lab?
I wish they were clearer on this quality difference from the start. Want to print out photos to put in an album? Forget the Plus and get the Premium. Want to print photos to keep in your wallet? Then the Plus might suffice.
I tested printing on the Advanced Photo Paper set as regular paper, and it printed deep black because it used the black ink as well. However, as it's pigmented it doesn't get absorbed by the finish, instead it clogs the pores and stays on top of the finish. While it does dry, it does not fully stick and can be smudged away. It's not a solution, that's for sure.

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