Free pdf printer driver

Apologies, I expect this question has been asked loads of times!
I am new to Macs and looking for a pdf printer driver so I can create pdf documents by printing from any application. I have an excellent free driver I use for the PC, but cannot seem to find anything for the Mac?
Any help will be much appreciated.
Dan

It's included in your system. Look at this link for instructions.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1035.html
 Cheers, Tom

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