can't save web pages as pdf

all of a sudden, safari won't allow me to save adobe pages as pdf files. i'm not doing anything different...file>print>save as...>save as pdf. when i click on that option, i get a message saying "saving a pdf file when printing is not supported. Instead choose file > save." when i click on preview, it says "preview is not supported."

i've been downloading my professor's reserve readings in this format all semester long, so i don't know what has changed in the past couple of days. is it an update i downloaded? this is driving me nuts.

Open up your printers utility, sounds like you have a process that is stuck on that, so the computer can't convert to PDF when its trying to print.

worked fine here on mine - you may reset safari or repair your permissions. trashing plists may help as well. Let us know.

...and also what trpnmonkey said.

what are plists, and how/why do i trash them?

plists are preference lists, located in your Home folder>Library>Preferences>com.apple.Safari.plist
Throw them away in the Trash can and empty it and restart Safari. It will create new prefs on its own. It's another way to reset all to default.

If I need quickly save web page to pdf and do not have PDF printer drivers installed I use online service Convert web page to PDF free