Thank you for the information... and yes, technically the printer is of coruse not printing in magenta. But because it is not printing in magenta some colors, even ones other than magenta, come out funny. This of course is because the printer uses a combination of the magenta and whatever else to make that color. What i was hoping for was a way to change all the colors in hte image so that none of them would require the use of the magenta color, and therefore they would all come out exactly like they are in the image after it is edited. That's why i knew it would be a difficult issue. changing all the colors to colors that do not need the magenta cartridge at all seems like something that will be, more than likely, impossible. but, I had to ask...