CUPS Printer not printing after a cups power cycle: Unable to write print data: Broken pipe

http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7006889


Situation
Printer errors out upon printing a job. The error results from either an incompatible printing format or some other software related issue. To clear the error and resume printer operation it is necessary to power cycle the printing device.
Once the printer is back online and display a green status light it does not print any job. If the workstation sending the print jobs is rebooted the situation does not change and the printer remains in ready mode. Yet printing from other workstations to the same printer is possible.

Resolution
On the workstation where print jobs never complete edit the file /etc/cups/printers.conf with a text editor like vi. Run the following command:

sudo vi /etc/cups/printers.conf

When prompted enter the administrative password for the system.
Vi will open the file for viewing and editing. At the top of the file you will note the text highlighted in red below.
You will need to edit the first line and change the string to State Idle.
You will need to delete the second line entirely

Below is what the printers.conf file looks like when the printer is not accepting jobs

# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.3.9
# Written by cupsd on 2010-06-15 00:28

Info Brother HL-1470N BR-Script2
Location My office
DeviceURI socket://192.168.1.55:9100
State Stopped
StateMessage Unable to write print data: Broken pipe
StateTime 1276586906
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes



Below is what the printers.conf file should look like once the editing is complete.

# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.3.9
# Written by cupsd on 2010-09-03 12:26

Info Brother HL-1470N BR-Script2
Location My office
DeviceURI socket://192.168.1.55:9100
State Idle
StateTime 1283541947
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes


Save your changes and exit vi.
You will need to restart CUPS on the workstation to reload the configuration information from printers.conf. Perform the following command to accomplish this:

sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart

Normal printing operations will resume once the CUPS daemon is restarted.