Automate Print to PDF

Hi,
is there a way to automatically print to PDF a html file saved locally on my computer?
I want to get selected Finder items (or choose them), open each one in Safari, print it to PDF, close, open the next, print, etc... (No real reason Safari has to be involved though).
Surely such a basic thing as Print is available to Workflow! Or Applescript. I just don't know how to use the "Print" AppleScript command to get a PDF:
print v : Print an object.
print alias : The file(s) or document(s) to be printed.
[print dialog boolean] : Should the application show the Print dialog?
[with properties print settings] : the print settings
I have searched through here for a while and haven't found an answer. I expected that this would be a common thing to do. Maybe a Unix (ew!) schell script alternative?
Cheers, A.

Here's someone asking essentially the same question.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7044661
CUPS-PDF seems to be the answer, but it doesn't seem to work reliably on my machine. Sometimes certain images from the web page I'm 'printing' just aren't there.
I can't believe they still haven't got a basic Print to PDF AppleScript command!
Cheers, A.

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