Can't select plain paper on HP Officejet Pro L7600

Hi, I have an HP Officejet Pro L7600, and when I try to select the paper type/quality, I can only select photo papers. All the other selections are greyed out. I don't have photo paper, I just want to print on regular paper. Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks
Bob

This has been driving me nuts! I'm having this problem as well with my HP Photosmart C4385 with my old iMac (1GHz G4, 10.4.11). The weird thing is that I can choose all paper options, including "Plain Paper", only in Microsoft Word 2004 (but not in Excel or Powerpoint!). There seems to be a conflict in the (admin) account I use, because when I log into another admin account, all paper options are available in all applications. I also don't have any problems printing from my Macbook Pro (10.5.4).
I've tried removing all entries from the Login Items list (in the Accounts Sys Pref), removed add-on system preferences, emptied caches, repaired permissions, uninstalled and reinstalled the Photosmart drivers (from the CD that came with the printer and the latest download from HP), and used the trial version of "Printer Setup Repair", all for naught.

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