PhotoSmart Plus E B210A Printer Settings

I just bought the Photosmart Plus E (B210a) printer, and I think some settings are missing in the printer properties/preferences. Usually "Color Management" (advanced) seems to provide a wide variety of adjustments to the ink settings. All I get are monitor/display menus.
The printer is very nice, and It seems to be functioning normally, but I can't find any menus to adjust color saturation (for the individual inks), brightness, cool/warmth, sharpness, etc. There were also presets for draft, best, charts & graphs, and others to select for quick setting adjustments.
Does the B210 not offer any of these customizations? I've tried the driver on the CD and the driver from the website, and neither make a difference. My previous few Photosmart printers always had these options.
I was told to try setting the driver for the 9800 Deskjet, but that didn't help either.
Maybe I am trying to find a menu that doesn't exist, but documentation seems to hint at these settings...
Can anyone confirm that such menus exist? Anyone have an idea for a solution?
Thanks for your time.
Brian
Windows7 32-bit Ultimate, Printer is wirelessly networked

Wow, that was fast. Well, before I give you a "kudos", I should've mentioned I tried that driver. Several people referenced that, and so I used it as requested. Still, no luck.
I must admit, I didn't install the coupon option, or the bing bar, but I assume my color options don't depend upon those items being installed!
So...I've tried the driver that CD came with, the driver on HP's site, and two alternate drivers (9800 and 920c deskjets).
I'm really stumped, as I'd like to keep the printer, but nobody seems to know how to fix this issue...or if it is, indeed, an issue. Someone in Tokyo said those features don't exist for this printer (which I do not believe to be true).
I don't know if something is blocking the driver from connecting to these options, but it is very frustrating.
Brian

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