diff -up hplip-3.9.8/prnt/hpijs/services.cpp.hpcups-sigpipe hplip-3.9.8/prnt/hpijs/services.cpp

--- hplip-3.9.8/prnt/hpijs/services.cpp.hpcups-sigpipe	2009-08-04 22:35:41.000000000 +0100

+++ hplip-3.9.8/prnt/hpijs/services.cpp	2009-10-29 11:56:23.015022337 +0000

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@

     POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

 \*****************************************************************************/

+#include <errno.h>

 #include <sys/stat.h>

 #include <stdio.h>

 #include <stdlib.h>

@@ -382,8 +383,16 @@ DRIVER_ERROR UXServices::ToDevice(const 

    if (write(OutputPath, pBuffer, *Count) != (ssize_t)*Count) 

    {

       static int cnt=0;

-      if (cnt++ < 5)

+      if (cnt < 5)

+      {

+	 cnt++;

          BUG("unable to write to output, fd=%d, count=%d: %m\n", OutputPath, *Count);

+      }

+

+      if (errno == EPIPE)

+	 /* The backend has exited.  There's no recovering from that. */

+	 exit (1);

+

       return IO_ERROR;

    }