Most printers today do not have hardware PCL or PostScript. Inkjet printers, and cheaper laser printers, usually act a lot like the older "winmodems" in that th

Most printers today do not have hardware PCL or PostScript. Inkjet printers, and cheaper laser printers, usually act a lot like the older "winmodems" in that they offset almost everything that used to be done internally to the host computer, including at least rasterization and even aspects of what seem like basic motor control. This is a cost-saving measure in the printers themselves, but comes at the expense of significantly more complicated and device-specific host-side software.