How to use OSX print option "Save as PDF" from WinXP ?

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patrous

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I need to find a way to be able to use the OS X print option "Save as PDF" but from the WinXP side using Parallel. Unfortunately I can't use the Shared Folder to do that as the documents I need to print are dependent on WinXP application only that have no Mac equivalent and couldn't be opened from the Mac side. Said a different way, when working with this windows application and needing to print the reports that it produces, I would like to be able to save them as PDF documents by using the printing option "Save as PDF" only available in OS X as far as I know. I hope this makes sense and is possible.
I have seen some post regarding Bonjour but have no idea if it could do that ?
Thanks for any suggestion.
 
another option if you have Acrobat Distiller on your Mac: create a Postscript printer on the windows side that prints to a file, save that in the shared folder, en process with Distiller on the Mac side?
 
I solved the problem !

Thanks for your suggestions.
I played around with CutePDF but for some reason had a hard time getting it to work for me but I found another free application that works very well and is super easy to set up. It is called PrimoPDF . It can be downloaded here http://www.primopdf.com/free-pdf-userguide.asp.
I have set it up so that it is my default printer and it saves my files directly to the Parallels Shared Folder. Then from the Mac side I can select the file as an attachement to an e.mail and sent it. :)
 
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