Adobe PDF as a print option

What do I need to do so that Adobe PDF is a print option?
In other words, when I go to print something, instead of selecting a printer, I can select 'Print to Adobe PDF' and save the item on my hard drive as a pdf

Yes, but.... as I've seen over in the Dreamweaver forums, software changes (functionality) are arbitrary, and subject to no logic at all. Things that are in CS6 aren't in CC, and even some things thatwere in CC at first are now gone, with no warning and no good reason.
Audition CC has all sorts of export problems, and people have had files permanently damaged using Photoshop CC.
If I screw up something on my own system, I own that mistake. I don't want to have to attribute it to something that's still in a "beta" stage as far as reliability goes. Especially at $240 to $480 a year.

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