Re: will drop PPD file support soon
Same issue here, HP4100 from 2001 via network. The time taken for my desktop to format & send anything to its PS queues has dropped from many seconds on a flatout CPU originally to a near instant background task. The warm up cycle is the longest delay these days.
For desktop work, the 'heavy lifting' in print output generation should be performed by the originating host not the print device. A full page 600dpi image takes the same amount of processing now that it did 25 years ago (when desktops had about 1% of current CPU capability) and won't need any more in another 25 years. Having the printer perform the job rendering will also kill off all the cheap inkjets that are little more than a line buffer & print head.
I've a nagging feeling that this model of moving the print job back onto the printer is driven by 'cloud' operators who don't want to service the required CPU/memory overhead from all their clients.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
