Epson C86 won't print Black Economy Print Settings for Excel spreadsheet

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Epson C86
MS Excel 2004 for Mac
Version 11.5.5
When I try to print an Excel spreadsheet using the Epson C86 advanced printer setting of black economy, the C86 will not print economy, it prints standard black.
All other apps, such as MS Word, Safari, Mail, or Preview, the C86 will print black economy.
This is a matter of trying to save ink by printing in black economy.
Any suggestions?
Thanks for your time,
Webhead1990

I'm having trouble with my Epson C86 also ... We have a Macbook Pro and IMac connected thru ethernet ... Both are now running Snow Leopard ... Sometimes they will print and sometimes not ... Sometimes economy and sometimes not ... We're not techs but we even tried setting up an IP address ... We need help ...
Anyway, I saw something mentioned about an "An updated driver was posted to the Apple Software Update on 12/15"... I'm not a tech ... Could you give me real specific directions on how to find and install that update ... My email is [email protected] ... I'm not even sure how to track this discussion or get back to it ... E-mail me directions please ...

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