Batch save Mail messages as PDF's

I am in need of saving all of my email messages in my inbox as individual PDF documents. I know you can do it one at a time via "Print>save as PDF" but we are talking about a few hundred email messages here.
Is there anyway to take advantage of something like automator or could someone show me some software to batch save all of these messages?
Thanks so much for the help.
-Christian

Dansyacht wrote:
In Mail, select all the messages to print (a smart mailbox may help). When all are selected do a file > save as (RTF or plain text). This will create one printable file with all the messages. You can then load this file into TextEdit and print it as a PDF.
Thanks -- this may be what I go with. However, when I tried this the rtf file did contain all of the messages, but did not show the header information on each (To:, From:, Date: ...), so I continued my search for a solution. I think I found something that works. My project is actually larger than what I described. Interested people may be able to use some or all of the following.
The project started when I asked a friend to send me all of the emails that I have sent him over the last 15 years. He had archived them all in Windows / Outlook Express. I had not archived them. He was able to give me a .DBX file containing them all. I used a free program called DbxConv in Windows to convert the .DBX file to a .MBX file.
In Apple Mail I did File/Import_Mailboxes/File_In_mbox_Format to import them. Then, View/Organize_by_Conversation (checked on). Select all messages and File/Print/PDF/Save_As_PDF into a new folder on the desktop. This will generate many pdfs.
Now the new part:
Next, drag all of the PDFs into Preview. Finally, in Preview, File/Print/PDF/Save_As_PDF. This will create a single pdf file with all messages, including imbedded attachments, with info displayed in your current Apple Mail format -- dependent on how you like your Apple Mail messages displayed (minimal header, expanded header, etc.) . . . . . I think!
At least it worked for me, once. I try it again and see what develops.

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