I just got a new laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed. I hooked up my HP 6110xi printer, and found out that I can't print in grayscale, it always prints in color.
I print out a lot of lecture slides, and would prefer to not use color because of the amount of slides that there are, but when I try to print anything, pdf files, websites; anything in grayscale, it always comes out in color, even when I click the option to only use the black cartridge only (and yes there is ink in the black cartridge).
I cant just download HP drivers for the printer since HP no longer offers them for that model, since Vista is supposed to have the drivers necessary for it. I know that this isn't a unique problem with this model and windows vista, but I haven't been able to find an answer anywhere.
2007-09-19 03:56:10 · 1 answers · asked by z3relic 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
The problem is that Vista is using a "generic" driver not a "proper specific" driver, hence you losr some of the functionality and control.
If they do not make a driver, then you have 2 choices
Live with it as is
Buy a new printer
2007-09-19 04:02:51 · answer #1 · answered by stu_the_kilted_scot 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋