diff -Nurad netatalk-2.0.3.orig/etc/papd/lp.c netatalk-2.0.3/etc/papd/lp.c
--- netatalk-2.0.3.orig/etc/papd/lp.c	2009-01-13 12:40:35.000000000 +0100
+++ netatalk-2.0.3/etc/papd/lp.c	2009-01-13 12:41:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -212,10 +212,41 @@
 
 #define is_var(a, b) (strncmp((a), (b), 2) == 0)
 
+static size_t quote(char *dest, char *src, const size_t bsize, size_t len) {
+	size_t used = 0;
+
+	while (len && used < bsize ) {
+		switch (*src) {
+			case '$': case ' ': case '\n' : case '\r':
+			case '\\':
+			case '"':
+			case ';':
+			case '&':
+			case '(':
+			case ')':
+			case '*':
+			case '#':
+			case '`':
+				if (used + 2 > bsize )
+					return used;
+				*dest = '\\';
+				dest++;
+				used++;
+				break;
+		}
+		*dest = *src;
+		src++;
+		dest++;
+		len--;
+		used++;
+	}
+	return used;
+}
+
 static char* pipexlate(char *src)
 {
     char *p, *q, *dest; 
-    static char destbuf[MAXPATHLEN];
+    static char destbuf[MAXPATHLEN + 1];
     size_t destlen = MAXPATHLEN;
     int len = 0;
    
@@ -224,13 +255,16 @@
     if (!src)
 	return NULL;
 
-    strncpy(dest, src, MAXPATHLEN);
-    if ((p = strchr(src, '%')) == NULL) /* nothing to do */
+    memset(dest, 0, sizeof(destbuf));
+    if ((p = strchr(src, '%')) == NULL) { /* nothing to do */
+        strncpy(dest, src, sizeof(dest) - 1);
         return destbuf;
+    }
 
     /* first part of the path. just forward to the next variable. */
     len = MIN((size_t)(p - src), destlen);
     if (len > 0) {
+        strncpy(dest, src, len);
         destlen -= len;
         dest += len;
     }
@@ -246,17 +280,20 @@
             q =  lp.lp_created_for;
         } else if (is_var(p, "%%")) {
             q = "%";
-        } else
-            q = p;
+        }
 
         /* copy the stuff over. if we don't understand something that we
          * should, just skip it over. */
         if (q) {
-            len = MIN(p == q ? 2 : strlen(q), destlen);
+            len = MIN(strlen(q), destlen);
+            len = quote(dest, q, destlen, len);
+        }
+        else {
+            len = MIN(2, destlen);
             strncpy(dest, q, len);
-            dest += len;
-            destlen -= len;
         }
+        dest += len;
+        destlen -= len;
 
         /* stuff up to next $ */
         src = p + 2;