Apple's Lexmark Drivers BROKE MY PRINTER!

I have a REAL problem with apple's printer drivers. They do more damage than helping!
I have a lexmark 4550. When I did a fresh instal of Snow Leopard and installed Lexmarks own drivers, everything was fine. I could print even when the printer is asleep. I can scan to my computer and everything.
Then apple update came around and forced me to install their drivers, which, now printing will not wake the printer, and I have to do numerous steps to actually print a document. The first print job is always:
Deleted Supplies Levels Sent: (When the utility was opened) Completed: Today (Same time)
It will NOT GO AWAY!!!
It can't detect the supply levels, I cannot scan to my printer and printing is such a chore now!
Does anyone have any fixes to get this crap working again!? Apple REALLY dropped the ball on this...

Apple didn't write those drivers - Lexmark did. Apple is simply attempting to make life easier for us by letting printer manufacturers deliver their drivers to us via the software updater. Go online to Lexmark's web site and find your printer's drivers there. Download them and install them.
BTW, you always have the option of ignoring software updates. I often wait a few days and let other braver souls go ahead of me.

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