I can't print in black and white. How do I fix this?

I have a HP Officejet 6400 and I tried printing a PDF from preview and it doesn't give me the option to print in black and white. Why? How do I fix this?

There's a Preview drop-down menu (just says Preview in the Print dialog box) and if you scroll down you should see "Quality & Media with a check box for Grayscale Printing:
See if it works for you.
Clinton

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