Where is my PDF printer printing my documents?

Question

Running Kubuntu 17.10.

I installed printer-driver-cups-pdf.

When I print from any application (native ones like Kate or others like Firefox), there is a default 'Print to file' printer and a 'PDF' printer like this:

I can select 'Print to file' printer and choose the filename and folder where to save the file.

But when I choose 'PDF' printer, it asks for nothing. It just shows a window as if it is sending pages to a printer. Then the window disappears. I am not able to get a screenshot of this window as it disappears pretty fast.

But where are the files? They are not in ~, ~/Downloads, /tmp or ~/Documents

Solution

You'll have to create a directory called 'PDF' in your home folder, or edit /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf where you can put ${HOME}/Desktop or any other path you want (and have access to).

*Sumary of responses from this page : http://keeshink.blogspot.cl/2009/01/where-does-cups-pdf-put-my-pdf-file.html

Comments

[deshmukh]

Is not there a way to set it up for a user? I generally avoid editing system files. The link you provided also does not mention per user customization.