False Low Ink Message

Question

   I have a Mac Pro which has been partitioned.  I have installed 3 different OS's on 3 of the partitions- Lion, Snow Leopard, & Leopard.  I use Snow Leopard almost excusively I have a Lexmark S415 All-In-One which I have only used as a printer, and it is connected only via a wireless network.  In response to a low ink message on my Mac, I have loaded all new black and color  cartridges.  I still have the low ink message, and the Mac still says the cartridges are low on ink and that the printer is offline.  I found that the printer was, in fact, offline, so I re-installed it onto the wireless network.  But the low ink message is still present, even though the printer says that the cartridges are filled to the top and the Mac still says that the printer is offline.
   On a whim, I booted up with OS Lion and saw the same behaviour. Then I tried booting up with OS Leopard and found that the Mac was reporting that the cartridges were full, that the printer was online, and that I could print.  I've contacted Lexmark Tech Support, who advised me to re-install the printer onto the wireless network, which I've done.   Using Snow Leopard, I have downloaded and installed a Lexmark driver which is appropriate for Snow Leopard.  Can see no difference.
    I'm hopeful that someone has seen similar behaviour and can point me to a solution.     

Answer 1

Save and/or quit your applications & documents
Go to Applications>Utilities Folder
Click Disk Utility
Click the Volumne (HD) that you want to check.
Click the Repair Disk Permissions button. (Don't worry about verifying)
At the bottom of window when the repairs have finished, you will see the “most important thing”:
Permission Repairs Complete
The privileges have been repaired or completed on the selected volumne.
Restart your computer to confirm repairs.
Same directions are also in the OS Mac Help Menu.
If that does not work -
Disconnect all peripherals from your computer.
Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963 and restart your computer.