It seems that HP continues to write drivers that are just ridiculous in scope and size.
I run into this again and again. I find a low quality, disposable printer which isutilizing a driver that has more than one service installed, and isdragging downan otherwise decently provisioned workstation. The drivers seem to be less and less stable, while growing larger and larger, and they cause all kinds of degrading performance and print spooler problems..
This has been an issue for more than 10 years and HP seems to be not only oblivious to it, but also seems to be completely disregarding our complaints about it.
Today I was yet again derailed for two hours by a terribly implemented driver. The driver would get nearly through an install only to be thwarted by not having the printer installed via USB or at least having their terrible...