OpenOffice and ePDFViewer only print in red, GIMP is fine

Hi, I have this strange problem with my printer. When I try and print something with either OpenOffice or ePDFViewer they print in red. If I convert whatever document I want to print into pdf, open it in GIMP and print from there, no problems, grayscale the way I want it. I've tried printing with the settings specifically set to Grayscale but OO and ePDF still screw up. Anyone have an idea of what's going on?
By the way it's an "HP Deskjet D2430" and I'm using the "HP Deskjet d2400 Series hpijs, 3.9.4b.10" driver.

if that's the case, did you try printing from acroread instead? (judging from the info gathered from your link)
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