diff -up cups-1.4.2/CHANGES-1.4.txt.str3399 cups-1.4.2/CHANGES-1.4.txt
diff -up cups-1.4.2/scheduler/process.c.str3399 cups-1.4.2/scheduler/process.c
--- cups-1.4.2/scheduler/process.c.str3399	2009-05-16 04:04:48.000000000 +0100
+++ cups-1.4.2/scheduler/process.c	2009-11-16 17:15:26.104542409 +0000
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ cupsdStartProcess(
 #ifdef HAVE_SIGSET
     sigset(SIGTERM, SIG_DFL);
     sigset(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
+    sigset(SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL);
 #elif defined(HAVE_SIGACTION)
     memset(&action, 0, sizeof(action));
 
@@ -513,9 +514,11 @@ cupsdStartProcess(
 
     sigaction(SIGTERM, &action, NULL);
     sigaction(SIGCHLD, &action, NULL);
+    sigaction(SIGPIPE, &action, NULL);
 #else
     signal(SIGTERM, SIG_DFL);
     signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
+    signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL);
 #endif /* HAVE_SIGSET */
 
     cupsdReleaseSignals();
--- cups-1.4.2/scheduler/main.c.str3399	2010-03-02 11:04:28.968100478 +0000
+++ cups-1.4.2/scheduler/main.c	2010-03-02 11:04:47.442226409 +0000
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ process_children(void)
 	  job->backend = -pid;
 
 	if (status && status != SIGTERM && status != SIGKILL &&
-	    job->status >= 0)
+	    status != SIGPIPE && job->status >= 0)
 	{
 	 /*
 	  * An error occurred; save the exit status so we know to stop
@@ -1829,6 +1829,12 @@ process_children(void)
                       "PID %d (%s) was terminated normally with signal %d.",
                       pid, name, status);
     }
+    else if (status == SIGPIPE)
+    {
+      cupsdLogMessage(CUPSD_LOG_DEBUG,
+                      "PID %d (%s) did not catch or ignore signal %d.",
+                      pid, name, status);
+    }
     else if (status)
     {
       if (WIFEXITED(status))