CS5 print as PDF not available

Greetings
I'm not an experienced or professional Illustrator user but have created several PDFs up until a couple of weeks ago with no problem.
Today I am trying to export or print to PDF and the PDF option has disappeared from both export and save dialogue boxes. The only option for printing is Adobe PostScript file (I have no printer connected). The option is not available in any of my AI files. I last printed 3 weeks ago and didn't have any problem. I don't believe I have made any fundamental changes to the Illustrator setup.
I'm using CS5 15.0.0 on a MacBook Pro running Lion OS 10.7.2.
I am sure it's an easy fix.
Any ideas much appreciated
EskimoPieX

Thanks Wade
I am not sure why this has happened now though I do now understand that this is a Mac 'issue'.
I've successflly created a PS file but none of the print options were available so I ended up with two A4 sized pages when I wanted two business cards with 5mm bleed.
Where can I change these settings?
Thanks
EskimopieX

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