Black print cartridge only, hp 5652, windows 7

Hi.
Why can't we select "Black print cartridge only" for printer "hp deskjet 5652" in windows 7 (64bit)?
In "Preferences" we see this:
Finishing -> [x] Print on both sides
Color -> [x] Print In Grayscale
[ ] Black print cartridge only <<<<<<<Greyed out when "Print on both sides" is selected. WHY?
In windows xp this setting was available.
I did a test, printing out this image first in XP then in Win7:
http://www.cerquit.com/blogs/image.axd?picture=mvpArchi.PNG
In win xp we can select "Black print cartridge only", even when doing double side printing.
The print came out perfect, no colours were used.
In Win7 we are forced to use "High Quality" when we select "Print In Grayscale". The result was terrible, since my color toner is almost empty, and COLORS WERE USED IN PRINT even though we selected "print in greyscale".
So how can we enable "Black print cartridge only" in windows 7 for this printer when doing "double sided printing"?
Thanks.

soooooooooo..can anyone help with this? Isn't this official HP printer forums? Are any "hp support people" posting on this foum?
Where should I forward this question if I don't get any feedback here?
Thanks.

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