I have no HP Printer at all, but the same result. As such I think it's OpenOffice which does the wrong think rather then the hplip (might have similar bug)
My printer is Samsung CLP610ND and when I select grayscale in prtinter dialogue OR Tools/Options/Print/Convert colors to grayscale, the printer acutally uses composite of CMY rather then the K toner. From a point of view this is actually much worsre then just go ahead and print in color!!!! This bug shall be assigned to the openoffice team, I have a look at Openoffice bugs, if they are aware or working on it. -- "Print black" does not use black ink cartridge https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235399 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs