Solution for "Printer Paused"

Like many others, I've been getting a "Printer Paused" error sometimes when I print to my Xerox/Tektronix printer (a Phaser 6128). I would see a "Broken Pipe" error in CUPS. I found a solution and thought I'd share:
A link to the blog posting is here: http://blog.koehn.com/2011/01/fix-for-mac-os-x-printer-paused-issue.html
The short version is that I connected to my Printer's http server, went to Properties->Port 9100, and updated the Connection Time-Out to 120 seconds, which seems to give CUPS enough time to rasterize the document before the printer times out and closes the TCP connection.
I can now print with the standard Xerox driver without any issues.
Hope this helps!

If HP Premium photo paper is selected the printer will print black using the color cartridges since pigmented black ink is not compatible with photo paper. The printer will print much more slowly in photo mode and will put more ink than is intended on the page.
If black is not printing when you print a nozzle pattern from the printer then likely there is an issue with the printhead or the ink delivery system between the ink supplies and the printhead.
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