Help! Black printing from Colour cartridge

I just bought a HP Deskjet 6840 and I'm having trouble printing in black. When i do this, the black colour looks opaque/greyish. I tried changing the paper type in the printer preferences in illustrator, but for some reason it doesn't let me select "inkjet paper". I also found out after checking my ink levels that my printer prints black images from the colour cartridge. How can I change this? I'm totally confused!
Thanx in advance.
imac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

It sounds like you may need to review the print settings beyond paper type. Make sure you are using an RGB color mode (File>Document Color Mode>RGB) & that you're not using any settings for CMYK or Process Color printing. You may also have to turn Color Management off in the Print dialog box.
If you're sure the settings are correct & still have a problem, HP should be able to help you.
HTH |:>)

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