Photosmart B209a and Windows Photo Viewer, a bad combination.

The Win7 Windows Photo Viewer has the ability to set the paper size, quality, and paper type.  It works with a photosmart D5160 but it doesn't work with the B209a. 
With the B209a, It sets the paper size correctly but it doesn't set the print quality or type of paper correctly.  The print quality always is set to normal and the type of paper is always set to plain.  I can get to the HP printer properties by clicking on "options" and then "Printer properties".  I can seem to set it to best quality and HP Premiums paper on the HP printer properties window, but it's all a mirage.  If I return to the Photo Viewer window and once again go to HP printer properties, the settings revert to normal quality and plain paper.  The actual prints are normal quality with grainy stripes across the picture.
To print high quality photos, I need to use another program like Paint.
Is there a solution?

that seems to have worked for me, but the inactive screen is still blackened, do you think the photo viewer doesn't fully support dual monitors? I also noticed the picture is the same display size as the primary monitor, as in whatever size is is during
a slideshow on the primary is the same when switched to the secondary.
I could juy st tap the window key to get the primary back, but then the unused portions of the secondary revert to the background...this seems like a strong candidate for a windows update that actually changes the way the OS works... can I has some cash
now?
hey, MS, WTF?
 pictures viewer unable to work with few monitors?
i checked - by pressing "Window Key+Shift and tap either the left or right arrow" 
it changes monitor, but other one hold black!
i checkerd win7, win2008srv, win2003

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