--- src/cups-pdf.c.orig	2017-02-27 18:59:19.385868066 -0400
+++ src/cups-pdf.c	2017-02-27 19:03:21.326029747 -0400
@@ -821,6 +880,7 @@
   gid_t *groups;
   int ngroups;
   pid_t pid;
+  struct stat statout;
 
   if (setuid(0)) {
     (void) fputs("CUPS-PDF cannot be called without root privileges!\n", stderr);
@@ -1050,7 +1110,11 @@
      
     (void) umask(0077);
     size=system(gscall);
-    log_event(CPDEBUG, "ghostscript has finished: %d", size);
+    if (size)
+      log_event(CPERROR, "ghostscript reported an error", size);
+    else
+      log_event(CPDEBUG, "ghostscript succeeded", NULL);
+
     if (chmod(outfile, mode))
       log_event(CPERROR, "failed to set file mode for PDF file: %s (non fatal)", outfile);
     else
@@ -1083,6 +1147,11 @@
   else 
     log_event(CPDEBUG, "spoolfile unlinked: %s", spoolfile);
 
+  if (stat(outfile, &statout) || statout.st_size==0)
+    log_event(CPSTATUS, "PDF creation failed", NULL);
+  else
+    log_event(CPSTATUS, "PDF creation successfully finished", outfile);
+
   free(groups);
   free(dirname);
   free(spoolfile);
@@ -1091,8 +1160,6 @@
   
   log_event(CPDEBUG, "all memory has been freed");
 
-  log_event(CPSTATUS, "PDF creation successfully finished for %s", passwd->pw_name);
-
   if (logfp!=NULL)
     (void) fclose(logfp);
   return 0;