Comment 26 for bug 235399

Ok, what I've been doing with my HP Photosmart 8050, even after all the
wonderful discussion and Q and A's from folks lots smarter than me, is this:
In
Preferences, I change the "Printing Shortcuts" to General Everyday Printing
(the default is, on mine anyway, is Custom Print Settings. THEN I go to the
tab
that says
"Color" and click Print in Greyscale, and I click Use Black Ink Only.

Now, I am SURE that my color cartridge is not going down as quickly as it
was before I even found you folks. Also, probably what I'm doing is not
altogether correct, or maybe too many steps, blah-blah-blah, but so far is
works for
me. It's obvious I don't print alot, so it's not a big deal to do it...Can't

get hubby to do it, tho, and he's the one that prints the most!

Good luck,
Mary

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