Performance considerations

Transforming documents from the document format in which they were created to another document format uses more system resources than printing the documents on printers that support the original document format.

The impact on system and network resources varies depending on items such as:

• Print volume
• Content of documents being transformed
• Current utilization of the system and network resources

The throughput of the transform varies depending on items such as:

• Document format created
• Size, density, and complexity of the AFP documents

When the AFP to PDF transform encrypts PDF documents, the additional processing might require more system resources and degrade throughput.

In addition, transformed documents are sometimes larger than the original documents.