06-28-2017, 06:06 PM
Thank you [member=2]Jerry[/member] and [member=5239]torreydale[/member] . 8) I tried both your methods.
[member=2]Jerry[/member] : Thanks but the HP package did not solve my problem. What happened is that the default was also set onto black ink on the HP package, but it still made no difference: my printing still came out in color when I printed from Chrome. I'm glad I installed the HP package though, as it did have the advantage of being able to show me the ink levels, which I don't remember seeing (or at least not as conveniently) back when I was on Windows 7 with that printer. So while package did not solve problem, it helped for other stuff and I'm glad I have it.
[member=5239]torreydale[/member] : thanks for your willingness to help, but your method also did not solve the issue. Using it, I was also able to set the default options for the printer, but the setting already showed as Output Mode: Black Only Grayscale. Same issue as above.
So overall, the problem is that no matter what I do, the default printer settings consistently show as black ink only using the methods you both suggested, but when I actually print something on Chrome (this is my most common usage of the printer), then it will by default actually PRINT in color. Unless of course I override it by "Print using system dialog" as seen in Screenshot B in my previous post. That requires extra clicks though.
If either or you or anyone else has any other thoughts or suggestions I'm more happy to try them out.
If this problem can't be solved it's not a big issue, because as mentioned I can still use black ink via the extra clicks every time I want to print. Compared with what's going on for Windows users these days (ransomware etc) I'm happy that my concerns on the computer are so minor and work-around-able.
[member=2]Jerry[/member] : Thanks but the HP package did not solve my problem. What happened is that the default was also set onto black ink on the HP package, but it still made no difference: my printing still came out in color when I printed from Chrome. I'm glad I installed the HP package though, as it did have the advantage of being able to show me the ink levels, which I don't remember seeing (or at least not as conveniently) back when I was on Windows 7 with that printer. So while package did not solve problem, it helped for other stuff and I'm glad I have it.
[member=5239]torreydale[/member] : thanks for your willingness to help, but your method also did not solve the issue. Using it, I was also able to set the default options for the printer, but the setting already showed as Output Mode: Black Only Grayscale. Same issue as above.
So overall, the problem is that no matter what I do, the default printer settings consistently show as black ink only using the methods you both suggested, but when I actually print something on Chrome (this is my most common usage of the printer), then it will by default actually PRINT in color. Unless of course I override it by "Print using system dialog" as seen in Screenshot B in my previous post. That requires extra clicks though.
If either or you or anyone else has any other thoughts or suggestions I'm more happy to try them out.
If this problem can't be solved it's not a big issue, because as mentioned I can still use black ink via the extra clicks every time I want to print. Compared with what's going on for Windows users these days (ransomware etc) I'm happy that my concerns on the computer are so minor and work-around-able.
Using Linux Lite for everything now. I put it on my desktop and my laptop. Woohoo!