Printing Problem in MS Excel

When in Excel, I try to pring fast draft or regular draft both with plain paper. For some reason, I can't choose plain paper from the paper selection as it is grayed out. So when I print anything, it takes forever and colors it pixel by pixel. No more fast draft, fast black and white, nor regular. It only lets me pick HP Advanced Photo Papers from Paper Quality. I don't know how to reset in Excel. I can choose fast draft in pages.

Hi,
There is a Office for Mac Product Forums, I'd also suggest posting there. BTW when  posting it's helpful if you let us know what version of MS Office you have installed. There are 3 versions (2004, 2008 & 2011) that will run on Snow Leopard!

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