The following howto works in almost all cases for me:
1. Install cups-pdf
2. edit /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf and put something like this:
Out ${HOME}/PDF
instead of
Out ${DESKTOP}
in the file (otherwise i got errors like 'permission denied')
Make sure you did 'mkdir ~/PDF' first of course
3. When the printer-dialog (in for example notepad or other app) opens, choose "Cups-pdf printer" , _DON'T_ choose "print to file" !!!, just hit 'OK' button, and you will find your pdf-file in ~/PDf with some kind of funny name.........
You can find this howto at
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=2549
