Forcing Safari to download a file

There is a file that I need to download several times a week. The file is auto generated by USPS, and contains postage labels as a pdf. Safari 3 does not appear to know what to do with the file. Safari 5 tried to print the file. I want to save the original file tho. Unfortunately, the file has a non-standard file suffix ("LabelGenerationServlet", which I have no control over).
In Safari 5, I tried downloading the sample postage label file from USPS. Safari 5 tried to print it. Doing a save as pdf from the print dialog saved a file that was almost, but not quite, identical to the original file. Mostly some fonts are not correctly represented by going thru the print services.
Is there any way to tell Safari to save the file, and not to try printing it ? I would even be happy if I could tell Safari to associate that suffix with Acrobat Reader.

Hi Carolyn,
Thanks for the reply. Most (possibly all) of what that linked article talks about, I am already aware of.
I currently do use Firefox. For arcane reasons, the Firefox download (from USPS to my downloads folder) is 'fragile' (for lack of a better descriptive word). Firefox (based on months of observation) has some problem (possibly a code bug) when (a) the connection speed is slow and (b) the download is over https. Many times the Firefox download 'stalls', and never recovers. That forces me to cancel the download, and start from the beginning. In extreme cases, I have to get in the car and drive to the nearest available broadband hotspot, download the file, then come home and print it.
From a few test attempts, Safari does not have the same problem that I observe with Firefox (i.e. the Safari download of the file is not fragile). However, Safari will not allow me to save the original download file (instead forcing me to print it).
Hence my original question: How can I get Safari to simply download this file (with its atypical file extension) ? I need the original file, and not the pdf created by print services.

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