Thanks. Simply running this solved the problem. $ sudo aa-complain cupsd
The ~/PDF folder was then automatically created when I printed to pdf. -- cups-pdf fails bad status reported and no pdf created https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295536 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs