I can't always print to PDF but can figure out why...

For some reason I can't print to PDF in all applications, but I can in some. For instance, I can with Word but not with say Illustrator or Safari or even Preview.
I've tried deleting and adding the printer, both as Generic Postcript and Adobe PDF 3016.102 (the only option when I choose Adobe). I've also searched for a while thinking it was a driver issue or something.. Maybe that I have Acrobat Pro on my Intel back but I installed Adobe Reader, the Intel version, and that didn't seem to work.
Does someone know why this is happening and what I can do to fix it? It's not a total pain because mostly I use it when print PDFs with Word, but the fact that others don't seem to work bugs me.
I thought it might be because Word is still PPC, but so is Illustrator so that didn't make sense to me.

Hello Doug,
The ability to print pdf's is not dependent on the installed driver. The OS X printing system converts all print jobs to a pdf spool file with a job ticket. It is also not necessary to have Acrobat Pro or Reader installed to generate a pdf or view it. The Print window provides the option to print to pdf even for non PS devices such as inkjets.
Can you explain what happens when you do try to print to pdf from Illustrator or Safari. Do you get an error or does the job seem to process without a document being generated? If you are not sure about the error you can open the Console application and have a look at the entry /var/log/cups/error_log.
Also, have you tried to print to pdf via the Print window or have you always tried to print via Adobe's driver?
Paul

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