Which is faster local or network printing

I work for a firm whereas there is pretty much all local printers set up. On occasion machine’s freeze totally before print jobs. I have found out when they print to networked printer there is no halting of the machines. Is my assumption of local printing takes up more resources from the computer network printing. My thinking has lead me to believe that printing large documents locally slows the computer down. Can someone help me clarify this in my mind. I might just need to hear this from someone else.