HP printer prints inaccurate colors!!

Recently I bought an HP AIO F4488 printer. Text/graphics print quality was nice with decent speeds. Soon I found that most of my printed colors did not match my monitor (calibrated one). They looked less vivid and unnaturally bright. Printer driver settings did not help me so I went to give ICC profiles a shot. Although, they did make prints look better but after trying again and again I realized that it was impossible for me to get a perfect calibration without professional tools. I got very close to the real colors by setting the profile sRGB IEC61966-2.1

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Method to do so (Windows 7/ Vista):

• Go to control panel---> Color Management.
• Select your printer as the device.
• Check "Use my settings for this device".
• Profile selection: Manual
• Remove all profiles displayed and click on Add...
• Select sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and click OK then close color management.

Method for Windows XP:

Microsoft has released the Color Control Panel for Windows XP. Search it and download.

After installing Color Control Panel:

• Open Control Panel--->Color.
• Go to the devices tab and select Printers as the ICM compatible device.
• Select you printer.
• Add the profile sRGB IEC61966-2.1 in the "Color Profiles currently associated with this device" section.
• Default Printer Profile Selection: Manual
• Click OK.

That's it!! You should get most proper colors possible without professional calibration. This method might also work well with other printer models even with printers from other companies.