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How can I turn off my color printing? I only want to print in blk/white.

These instructions may vary depending on your printer model, driver version, and operating system.
Go to Control Panel/Printers
Right click and select Printing Preferences.
Select the Features tab.
Look for the section titled Color Options. Select Print in grayscale. Then you will have an option to choose Black ink only.
If you cannot find the settings, let me know your printer model/product number and your operating system.
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Print black and white only, on Hp photosmart 5514.

Hi,
I dont like it at all that i have to contact support forums for something like this.
it use to be so easy to choose color or black and white printing.
Why have you made it so difficult ? Totally pisses me off but i leave that for the feedback section.
I have seen others with the same problem so it is not only me. now it has taken more than 20 minutes and i have to get to work soon.
So, how do I print black and white (or greyscale) using my newly bought hp photosmart 5514 ? ( is it smart ???)
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Like it matters, i use win 7 blablabla

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Here I suppose: when I print in color, I use the color + small black cartridge.
When I want to print BLACK ONLY or GRAYSCALE, I choose that and it only prints using the XL big black cartridge.
WRONG. And no one can seem to answer this correctly, t but I know it does not work.
Remove 1 empty color cartridge whole printer won't work, even if I want black print only.
If all the small "color" cartridges + small blk cartridge is low but the BIG BLACK cartridge is showing full, still won't print BLACK ONLY.
I cannot PRINT with this stupid printer unless all cartridges have ink and are inserted. STUPID
I am now late to work simply because I cannot print a document PERIOD unless I have full color sitting there.
I just tried it multiple ways, grayscale, black only blah blah and it ALWAYS came out too- light, ie the sm blk cartridge was being used and it is admittedly LOW ON INK. WHAT is the big black cartridge doing there, saying it is full and not printing "black only" or "grayscale"?
The only article I could find that halfway enlioghtened me to the problem was HP page stating that "black" is never really black, to improve quality (thanks for making the decision for me) HP adds just a bit of color here and there to make black really black for paper quality paper.
SO SNARLING. Going to *bay to get refilled cartridges so I can print in a week. SNARL

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On 28 Apr 2010 Steve wrote:
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Posted: Apr 28, 2010 7:56 PM
I used all current profiles for the printer. However, I just tried something different:
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Hello @tanabs , and welcome to the HP Forums!
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Hi all,
I'm not sure whether this is the right category but here goes.
I have scanned an old photo using my HP Photosmart C4580, into Photoshop and changed the now, sepia colours to black & white which is fine.
The problem arises when I then try to print it on the same printer, as it doesn't come out black and white, it is printing with a distinct blue tinge so obviously it is not using the black cartridge but is trying to cobble something using the colour cartridge.
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Regards

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Color: Contains cyan, magenta and yellow dye based ink. The dye based ink is compatible with plain paper or photo paper.
Photo: Contains light cyan, light magenta and black dye based inks. Used in conjunction with a Color cartridge the combination can give more detailed B&W prints and less "grainy" light areas such as color sky and face tones.
For your case a working color cartridge would likely print fine B&W photo's, but if you did a side by side comparison with a print made with the color and photo cartridges installed you may see an improvement.
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