Adding PDF printer

I own a copy of Acrobat 8 pro and after upgrading to Leopard, I can't seem to add the PDF printer in my printer preference window. After clicking the add printer button, I can see the PDF printer available to add, however I can't actually add it until I select a driver. The only driver in the list is the Adobe PDF 3016.102. I've tried to use this one but have no luck creating PDF's. I tried contact Adobe about the issue, but they aren't much help. Any ideas?

Thanks for the response. I did know you could create pdf's directly from the print window. That makes sense about Acrobat not working with Leopard yet, because I had some other issues trying to combine a couple pdf's into one document after my upgrade. Here's another one for you- I plan to install Windows XP through boot camp. Since I have a full (Mac) version of Acrobat, do you think I'll be able to "share" that printer on the Windows side and create PDF's when working in Windows? And if so, is there a common drive that I can save the PDF to in order to access the document when on the Mac side? Sorry so many questions. I'm still have a hard time wrapping my head around the whole Mac/ Windows thing on the same machine. Technology....

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Hello experts,
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Thanks for posting Steve, I still have to deep-read these links you provided but I feel like the answer might be there...
Yesterday, in the meantime, I was in a hurry so I just decide to re-install Acrobat from scratch wich blew away the issue.
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