>> ... doesn't print out quite right.
>> ... The print job is spooled from the machine to the print server and then down to the printer,
>> ... the printer then prints out on a single page only 'PCL XL error' and fails to print the rest of the pages ...
Is the PCL XL error page all that is printed, or does this happen after printing some of the pages of the print job?
If the same document is reprinted, is the error always the same, or is a different error generated, or perhaps none at all?
Give full details of error(s) as printed.
>> ... a universal driver is provided ...
For some time, it has been HP's policy (and that of other manufacturers) to support printers via Universal Printer Drivers - only the latest printers usually have full function discrete drivers, and then only until the range is superceded.