How to save terminal command and output history to pdf on exit?

When I exit a terminal session (terminal.app), I would like to automatically save the commands and output from the session to a PDF (or text file) as a reference.
I can do this manually in Terminal by selecting Shell --> Print... --> PDF --> Save as PDF...
Unfortunately, I'm too forgetful to remember to do this each time before I exit.
Is there an alias I could set or some other method to automatically save the contents of my session to a PDF when I exit?
Thank you in advance,
jjw

Frank,
Your response was helpful, but I realized after looking at my .bash_history file that only the commands entered are listed, not the output. I would like my commands to be printed out, but also the result from the commands (in this simple example, the directory listing):
myuserid[~/galaxy-dist/tools]$ cd ncbi_blast_plus
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- 09:48:37
myuserid[~/galaxy-dist/tools/ncbi_blast_plus]$ ls
blastxml_to_tabular.py hide_stderr.py ncbi_blastp_wrapper.xml ncbi_tblastn_wrapper.xml
blastxml_to_tabular.xml ncbi_blastn_wrapper.xml ncbi_blastx_wrapper.xml ncbi_tblastx_wrapper.xml
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- 09:48:38
myuserid[~/galaxy-dist/tools/ncbi_blast_plus]$
I'm thinking that there is an automator script or an alias that I could use so that when I type, "exit", the commands and output for the session would be sent to a PDF and then the session would close.
I know it seems like an odd thing to want, but sometimes I'll forget the sequence of commands that gave me the correct output (plus, my command prompt has a timestamp on it, too).
Thanks, though, for the .bash_history information.
jjw

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