My HP PSC 500 won't copy in black and white

SOURCE: Very slow printing & copying

I shut off the computer for about 1 hour, and when I turned it on, it printed and copied at the speed it is designed to do.

SOURCE: your HP PSC 1210 All-In-One

if cleaning wont work & cartridges are most 6 mos, trying a different cartridge will fix it

SOURCE: my hp psc 2410 photosmart printer will not print - only copy

Check to make sure your PSC 2410 is in fact the default printer. If it is, make sure your cable is firmly plugged in to your printer and CPU. Clear the print queue. Turn off and restart printer. I have found that your problem is basically a communication problem between the computer and printer. Also check www.hp.com. Good luck.

SOURCE: Cant print black or do black and white copies

He's not saying that the black cartridge won't print (which would warrant cleaning the heads, or messing with the cartridges) -- I have the same problem that MarkDan is having as well... no matter what you select as the output from any "Print" dialog window, the HP 21xx and 12xx series printers _always_ print in full color. You can choose Black and White, Greyscale, Color -- doesn't matter what you choose in the dialog boxes, it utterly ignores you, and will always print in color.
I have no idea why it does this, but it's eating a _ton_ of color ink for no good reason. I have searched all over the Web and on HP's site, but solution has been found.

HawkLore

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• Posted on May 23, 2009

SOURCE: I just got a hp photosmart c4480 printer and it makes black and white copies, but I can't figure out how to print in black and white like when I am on a web site.

When you tell it to print, especially if you are printing a web page or something else in color that you want in B&W, don't hit the print icon. Instead choose 'file' 'print' and a screen should pop up with options. Choose properties,or page setup and you should find options for printing in color,grayscale, B&W etc.