Print to PDF missing under Root user

At the school where I work, for some activities we have an occasional need to use Root (System Administrator) rather than normal user accounts. Generally, everything seems to be OK, but we have noticed that when printing from any application the PDF drop-down menu (with the "Save as PDF" option) does not appear. We can still click on Preview and save as a PDF from within Preview, but we are intrigued as to why the feature is not available in the print dialog when logged in as Root. It appears to be the same in both Tiger and Leopard. Does anybody know why? It is not a life-and-death matter, but we are curious as to whether it is a programming "Oops!" or a deliberate move (with perhaps a very good reason behind it).

The machine was set up originally with Tiger and upgraded at various stages, using both Software Update and manually-installed downloads.
As I mentioned earlier, it is not a life-and-death issue. We're happy to put it down to "well, that's just the way it is". Maybe Apple thought that the less you can do under Root, apart from the essential functions, the less chance there would be of someone wanting to go in as Root. Possibly, in the initial stages of designing OS X and getting it to work, the Root user was given only what it actually needed, ie who needs to print to PDF when you're actually only carrying out only administrative tasks and configuring the computer? Then when the "normal" accounts were designed, they were given all the everyday functions that would be needed and used all the time by normal users.
If someone from the OS X design team at Apple has some official knowledge we would be interested, but we're happy to let this become "shrouded in the mists of time".

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