Good PDF Printer/Writer?

I am looking for a good Mac PDF printer/writer.
One of the main features I need is when I save a PDF file, if the file name already exists I have the option to replace the file or append the pages from the current file to the start or end of the other document.
My PC does this very well with an app called PDF Camp but my Mac searching has proved fruitless.
Can you help?

As I said above....
One of the main features I need is when I save a PDF file, if the file name already exists I have the option to replace the file or append the pages from the current file to the start or end of the other document.
The built in PDF printer does not allow you to merge documents. If I did the action above, the built in PDF printer would just overwrite the file and not give me the option to merge the two file together.
I know I can do this with automator but it makes a one step process a cumbersome task.

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