Cannot print with just black ink with a epson 9600

The printer works great but I have a color tint i my greyscael images. I would like to print only usig the black inks. when I go to
print
print setting
Choose my paper type from the drop down
the ink and color dropdowns are grey and inactive
i have tried photoshop manages colors as well as printer manages colors
i have reloaded the drivers
it works fine out of preview and lightroom
help please
Dan

Print mode should give you choice of Color or Black. Black means black ink only.
This will not give you a good looking print as it will be grainy and hard to control.
Consider using Quadtone RIP which will incorporate all needed colors to create a proper grayscale print with proper tones.
Quadtone RIP will probably offer the needed settings for this but it might require finding some files on the net.
Imageprint RIP is very good for this but is quite expensive.
Barry Rudick
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To: Verla Adams <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 7:28 PM
Subject: all of the sudden I cannot print with Acrobat reader and when I tried help it suggested opening Adobe Reader but when I try to open it nothing happens. What can I do to fix this?
all of the sudden I cannot print with Acrobat reader and when I tried help it suggested opening Adobe Reader but when I try to open it nothing happens. What can I do to fix this?
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