Printer marker levels -

Robert G. (Doc) Savage dsavage at peaknet.net
Fri Jan 28 16:21:06 UTC 2011


On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 11:04 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> I am plagued with the cryptic message:
> 
>         Printer "Brother-HL-5140": ";marker-supply-low".
> 
> 
>     This seems to have begun recently, perhaps with the installation of
>     F-14, I'm not certain? If I knew what it means I might be able to
>     fix something, alternatively how to eliminate it if I can't satisfy
>     whatever it's objecting to.
> 
>     System-config-printers > Properties tells me "Marker levels
>     [whatever they are] are not reported for this printer" but the
>     notice keeps coming up anyway.
> 
>     I print two copies each of five crossword puzzles every morning and
>     this notice keeps popping up and blocking part of my screen, an
>     annoyance and one more thing to keep clicking on!

Bob,

Sounds like it's time to replace your ink cartridge. Printing a
crossword puzzle probably places a heavy flow demand on an inkjet
printer. If you Google 'marker-supply-low', the first hit shows a 2007
code fragment showing this error text. The term "marker" in this context
appears to be akin to "magic marker".

Hope this helps.

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL



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