I tried commenting out the output specification in /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf:
### Default: /var/spool/cups-pdf/${USER}
# Out ${HOME}/PDF
The log file now shows: Mon Feb 6 17:13:12 2017 [DEBUG] output filename created (/var/spool/cups-pdf/skelem/Purchase_History.pdf) Mon Feb 6 17:13:12 2017 [DEBUG] ghostscript commandline built (/usr/bin/ps2pdf -q -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile="/var/spool/cups-pdf/skelem/Purchase_History.pdf" -dAutoRotatePages=/PageByPage -dAutoFilterColorImages=false -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -c .setpdfwrite -f /var/spool/cups-pdf/SPOOL/cups2pdf-5563) Mon Feb 6 17:13:12 2017 [DEBUG] output file unlinked (/var/spool/cups-pdf/skelem/Purchase_History.pdf) <snip> Mon Feb 6 17:13:12 2017 [DEBUG] spoolfile unlinked (/var/spool/cups-pdf/SPOOL/cups2pdf-5563)
cups-pdf 2.6.1-21
I tried commenting out the output specification in /etc/cups/ cups-pdf. conf:
### Default: /var/spool/ cups-pdf/ ${USER}
# Out ${HOME}/PDF
The log file now shows: cups-pdf/ skelem/ Purchase_ History. pdf) Level=1. 4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile= "/var/spool/ cups-pdf/ skelem/ Purchase_ History. pdf" -dAutoRotatePag es=/PageByPage -dAutoFilterCol orImages= false -dColorImageFil ter=/FlateEncod e -dPDFSETTINGS= /prepress -c .setpdfwrite -f /var/spool/ cups-pdf/ SPOOL/cups2pdf- 5563) cups-pdf/ skelem/ Purchase_ History. pdf) cups-pdf/ SPOOL/cups2pdf- 5563)
Mon Feb 6 17:13:12 2017 [DEBUG] output filename created (/var/spool/
Mon Feb 6 17:13:12 2017 [DEBUG] ghostscript commandline built (/usr/bin/ps2pdf -q -dCompatibility
Mon Feb 6 17:13:12 2017 [DEBUG] output file unlinked (/var/spool/
<snip>
Mon Feb 6 17:13:12 2017 [DEBUG] spoolfile unlinked (/var/spool/
cups-pdf 2.6.1-21