Lexmark x4550 printer ink woes

Hi All,

I have been wrestling with this printer through Leopard, Snow Leopard and now Lion. The issues are always popping up and I don't know how many times I have re-installed drivers to get this working. All told a miserable experience to date and totally out of step with all the other applications/devices I currently use wiht my Mac.

I have just re-installed the latest drivers and updated them through software update to V2.8. Now everytime I go to print I get a warning saying that the "printer is out of ink". Its not out of ink! I can confirm this through the maintenance menu on the printer and also over a HTTP direct connection o the printer. The printer will still print even though the warning is still present on the printer status on the Mac.

I also have the same problem on my wife's Mac Book Air.

Has anybody else come accross this problem?

Regards

John