Printouts too dark on Laserjet CP2025, HP Basic Color Match tool crashes.

I recently purchased an HP Color LaserJet CP2025, but my prints are coming out extremely dark causing me to have to use extreme brightness/contrast increases when printing pictures.
I tried using the HP Basic Color Match tool hoping it would address the issue, but ever time I get to the color match choice option the program crashes.
I'm using 32-bit WinXP Pro.

Here is a link to a document that addresses print quality issues for your model or printer. It will give you troubleshooting steps to try in an attempt to correct the quality output issue that you are having with the printer. One of the topics covered in the article is how to adjust print density settings if the pages are printing too dark. It also covers how to change other print settings based on the quality of your output. I hope that this helps.
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Hello there @JR_Ewing!
Thank you for posting on the HP Forums!
I understand your getting some quality issues when printing photos from the Linux operating system to your LaserJet CP 1025NW printer. If the printer is printing the photos from Windows operating system OK and the self test report print fine, then the only thing I can really do is refer you to the Ubuntu Forums.
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