Slow system while printing PDF's

when printing PDF's to any of several printers (letter or tabloid sizes)the system response slows to an unbearable crawl lots of spinning beach balls come and go. the only system function that does not appear to be affected is the mouse movement, mouse clicks however are affected. I can't even change windows let alone apps without multiple minutes of delayed reactions. I used activity monitor to find "PrintJobMgr" seems to be using up to 100% of cpu resources and over 1GB of virtual memory at some times during the print process. I understand that PDF's are slow to print but that is not my problem as the print speed seems okay, just while printing I can't do anything else.
Can anyone help or have same experience?

What happens if you drag several PDFs right to the Printer's Icon or Printers Window without using Acrobat?
At this point I think you should get Applejack...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
After installing, reboot holding down CMD+s, (+s), then when the DOS like prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 5 of it's things.
At least it'll eliminate some questions if it doesn't fix it.
The 5 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
First reboot will be slower, sometimes 2 or 3 restarts will be required for full benefit... my guess is files relying upon other files relying upon other files!
Disconnect the USB cable from any UPS so the system doesn't shut down in the middle of the process.

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Hi @Sebastian43
I suspect your question would be better answered in the HP Enterprise Business Community, as the HP LaserJet 6L is a commercial model.
My technical expertise is with consumer products and software, I am sure the commercial folks would be happy to help if you re-post your question for them to answer. The HP Enterprise Business Community is an HP Forum designed for the Commercial and Enterprise customers to help one another. I am sure you will find some HP folks there to help too.
Click here to view the Printing and Digital Imaging. When the page opens you will see the option to 'Log in' or 'Register Now' on the right. The commercial forums are separate from the consumer boards, thus you will need to register if you don't already have a commercial account.
You may find the HP LaserJet 6Lse Printer support page helpful while you wait for somebody in the commercial Forum to respond to your inquiry.
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''Peace712 wrote:''
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* [[Advanced settings for accessibility, browsing, system defaults, network, updates, and encryption|Advanced settings for… hardware acceleration]]
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* [[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]]
''Peace712 wrote:''
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''Feel free to vote for the report to keep track of any progress, but please don't post comments unless you have technical information to add. See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html the Bugzilla etiquette page] for details.''
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* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=875691 Bug 875691] - FireFox 29.0 Still Does Not Work Correctly with the Adobe Acrobat 10.1.9 PDF Printer Driver
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* http://thesz.diecru.eu/content/doro.php

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