diff -up cups-1.2.12/backend/ipp.c.empty-message cups-1.2.12/backend/ipp.c
--- cups-1.2.12/backend/ipp.c.empty-message	2007-08-29 12:25:36.000000000 +0100
+++ cups-1.2.12/backend/ipp.c	2007-08-29 12:25:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ report_printer_state(ipp_t *ipp)	/* I - 
                reason);
     }
 
-    if (message)
+    if (message[0] != '\0')
     {
       count ++;
       if (strstr(reasons->values[i].string.text, "error"))