Prints too red

I purcahsed aHP Photosmart Permium model HPC410a about 6 months ago after my previous HP broke down. I have to say I was quite happy with the previousd printer but this one I would not recommend to anyone.   I am stuck with it I guess till it also breaks down.
It prints totally unrealistic pictures. They are just far too red and it is very thirsty on ink (may be the carrtrides are too small but XL versions that fit are not cheap. I have tried to find a way to correct the redness it but there does not seem to be much that one can select.   I am using HP paper and the correct inks.   A face looks as if they have been out in the sun far too long but there is a redish brown tinge right though the pricture which make is look dark. However no mtter what monitor you look at the pricture on eg. CRT, LCD or LED types the pictures alwys looK to have a good colour balance and the skin tones look like real skin.
I have tried a number of things.
1. making sure the latest drivers are installed both on the windows machines and the Linux based machines
2. printing from a different computers usinhg the same photos.   XP & Vista, Fedora and Mint Linux,
3. used different cameras from different manufacturers and get the same end printed result.
4 used a different printer (was loaned one, not HP) and after loading the linuix driver worked fine out of the box so to speak. didi not bother to try it on a windows machine.
Therefore I conclude that the printer is set up wrong. Using the GIMP program and adjusting the Gamma settings I can get it to look somthing like right but this is a hassle and I should not have to do it.   Is there something that one can set in the HP printer to correc this problem.
Has anyone any idea as to how to correct this problem?
Hoping some one has a solution
Thanks
grnlaus

Hard Reset – While printer is powered ON, pull
the power cord from the printer then from the
wall. After 30 seconds reconnect power to
wall and printer. This will trigger a ‘dirty power
up’ and restore the printer to a known good
condition (if it is possible). No user settings
are lost with a ‘hard reset’.
This ‘Hard Reset’ is one of the most powerful
tools to use when the printer hardware is not
functioning properly!
if not resolved, While printer is powered ON, pull
the power cord from the printer then from the
wall. on the printer control panel press & hold Help key & Down Arrow ...while holding both keys down reconnect power to
wall and printer. It will trigger a partial reset.
if not fixed...printer may have a hardware failure.
Although I am working on behalf of HP, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
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