On Sun, 17 Apr 2016, Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Sun, 17 Apr 2016, Michael Hennebry wrote: > >> I have an HP Photosmart C3180 All-in-one. >> As I haven't had any need for color lately, >> when I last replaced ink, I only replaced the black cartridge. >> It didn't work, even when printing grayscale-only images, >> even when telling print-set-up grayscale-only. > > To be precise: Black lines were black, > but pale gray areas were an even paler yellow. > I've just discoverd that the printer does > the right thing with text from a pdf. > The black ink cartridge is getting used, > just not enough. Much to my surprise, the color option black only grayscale does what I want when printing from a GUI. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards