How did you send the test page to the PDF printer? If you send it from
system-config-printer (the standard printer setup tool in Ubuntu Gutsy)
from hp-toolbox (HP printers only)  or by simply printing the file
/usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps the PDF should arrive in the ~/PDF
directory, as the job is sent with your user identity. If you send it
from the CUPS web interface the job is not sent with your user identity,
as web applications usually do not run with the identity of the user who
runs the browser (in most cases the application runs on another
machine). The CUPS web interface for example runs as root or lp (I am
not sure which user exactly) and the job of printing the test page gets
sent with that identity. cups-pdf seems to handle jobs from system users
as anonymous. Applications where you get asked for your password before
you see the main window or with an "administrator mode" which asks for
the password run completely as root and therefore test printouts from
them will also go into the directory for anonymous jobs.

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cups-pdf fails to generate file
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