Printer settings help....

My first Mac...Macbook. OX 10.5.1
Cannot get my printer to print in a normal black color. It always prints in a light or oblique shade with emails and word docs. This does not happen when I use my PC..so it's related in some way to the Mac. I have tried changing settings in both mail and word, but to no avail.
Any ideas ? Thanks.

Hello mrtroy,
I apologize as I am not able to completely follow what you are saying.
You receive a jpeg attachment and you open it and your photo printer starts printing it as soon as you open it? Are you saying that the printer is idle and it wakes the printer up to print when you open the attachment?
A few other clarifying information may be helpful in diagnosing this issue.
What printer make / model are you using?
What software do you use to view the jpeg files?
Make and model of the computer you are using?
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