Why does my printer print PDFs so slow?

Not sure if this is the right place, if at all, to post, if not forgive me.
I have a legacy HP LaserJet 1200 printer, that I've had forever and it STILL
makes excellent copies so I'm hard pressed to replace it.
However... when printing PDF docs, it takes FOREVER to print a page. Like
as long as 10+ minutes. But only PDFs. All other doc formatted files print instantly
as expected.
I assumed it was a memory issue, so I installed as much RAM as possible in the printer,
but this had no effect whatsoever
I called HP and they don't have any new drivers or tricks to make PDFs print more timely.
Does anyone have any tricks or thoughts, other than buy a new printer. When I have to print
a PDF I just let let it sit and do it's thing. But right now I have a 40 page PDF and it will take all
afternoon, seriously. The copies BTW, when the do print are gorgeous and crisp.
Thoughts?
Steven

I found another thread finally about this issue which effects many. There is a 3rd party that makes drivers that I installed and cut my "sending to printer" time from 10 minutes per page to instantly!
Google: gutenprint or go direct to the Apple page at:
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php
and download Gutenprint 5.2.8-pre1 and install the drivers (there's an uninstall in case you need to)
Then go to: System Prefs > Print & Fax > Options & Supplies... > Driver > Print Using:
Select the driver that looks most like yours. In my case I have a "HP Lasterjet 1200" and Gutenprint's driver substitute is: "HP LaserJet 1200 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.8-pre1"
After selecting your substitue driver, click OK and click out of the Sytstem Prefs and try printing.
I was stunned at the difference in time. It was immediate as opposed to 10+ minutues per page.
The one thing though.. is when I was using the HP Driver and it took so long, the printer icon was in my dock the whole time and if I clicked it and launched the interface, there was an "Advanced" button and clicking that gave me a bunch of configurations that I'd never seen before being that I never got this into printing before. But from memory there was which language to choose: Language 2 or 3 and then, stuff like cleaning up background and others I can't remember now.
But now that the new driver prints instantly the printer icon is in the doc all of 1 second and so I can't launch it to get to options. I remember experiementing but unfortunately can't tell you all what I tried since I can't picture what all the config options were/are.
So.. I'm not 100% sure if the speed I'm enjoying now is partly because of the Advanced configuration changes I was trying. Sorry...
If someone knows how to get to these Advanced options, please post them in this thread?
Thanks,
S

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