One of the reasons that I purchased my HP 9100 printer at $400 was that it used separate ink cartridges, so I thought that I might 
save money over the long run.  It has five colors plus black, six separate cartridges in all.

As it turns out, I use it very little for color printing on a day-to-day basis (only after a vacation), so that my only use is to 
copy the newspaper crossword puzzle.  I always press "black and white" to make the copy, not "color."  However, over a reasonably 
short time, the color ink cartridges go empty!  They are quite expensive to replace for the measly amount of ink that is in them and 
considering that I do not copy in color.  Sure, I can afford it, but it is an irritation.

Does anyone know why this printer uses color ink even though I tell it to make a black and white copy?  Is there a way to fix this?

TIA,

Dean Kukral

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