Printing black on glossy paper

I have the photosmart b210a. It is evident that if any type of glossy paper is slected as paper types then the black ink is not used and colours are used to make black, meaning alot of ink is used and black never comes out true black.
I can get around the issue by setting the paper type to anything else then the black is used. Even if the paper is actually glossy photo paper the blacks then come out fine.
Question: Why does the printer have this limitation? Will the printouts be compromised in any way by setting the paper type to something other than glossy when glossy is actually what is used?
Why does this photo printer come with a setting that prevents the black being used on glossy photo paper even though it seems to work OK if you set the paper type to the incorrect type? Thanks.

Does anyone have any suggestions on this. I am currently getting by by using the wrong paper setting but I would be interested if there is a solution.

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