diff -up hplip-2.7.12/prnt/backend/hp.c.media-empty hplip-2.7.12/prnt/backend/hp.c

--- hplip-2.7.12/prnt/backend/hp.c.media-empty	2007-11-29 00:17:27.000000000 +0000

+++ hplip-2.7.12/prnt/backend/hp.c	2008-01-18 14:37:11.000000000 +0000

@@ -517,10 +517,12 @@ bugout:

 }

 /* Check printer status, if in an error state, loop until error condition is cleared. */

+/* XXX What if it is immediately replaced by a different error condition? XXX */

 static int loop_test(HPMUD_DEVICE dd, HPMUD_CHANNEL cd, struct pjl_attributes *pa, const char *uri, const char *job)

 {

-   int retry=0, status;

+   int status;

    const char *pstate;

+   const char *emitted_state_reason = NULL;

    while (1)

    {

@@ -529,27 +531,26 @@ static int loop_test(HPMUD_DEVICE dd, HP

       if (strcmp(pstate, "none")==0)

       {

-         if (retry)

+         if (emitted_state_reason)

          {

             /* Clear error. */

             device_event(uri, job, VSTATUS_PRNT, "event", 0);

             fputs("INFO: Printing...\n", stderr);

-            fprintf(stderr, "STATE: -%s\n", pstate);

-            retry=0;

+            fprintf(stderr, "STATE: -%s\n", emitted_state_reason);

          }

          break;   /* no error, done */

       }

-      if (!retry)

+      if (!emitted_state_reason)

       {

          /* Display error. */

          device_event(uri, job, status, "error", RETRY_TIMEOUT);

-         fprintf(stderr, "STATE: +%s\n", pstate);

+	 emitted_state_reason = pstate;

+         fprintf(stderr, "STATE: +%s\n", emitted_state_reason);

       }

       BUG("ERROR: %d %s; will retry in %d seconds...\n", status, pstate, RETRY_TIMEOUT);

       sleep(RETRY_TIMEOUT);

-      retry = 1;

    }

    return 0;