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Re:We achieved a 6-fold increase in Podman startup speed by hinkley on Thursday April 13, 2023 @12:55PM (#35558429)
People used to buy HP Laserjet 4 printers at auction because they were peak stability. From the look of things the 4 introduced the direct predecessor to the wire protocol printers use today (PCL 5e vs PCL 6 variants)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_Command_Language

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Re:We achieved a 6-fold increase in Podman startup speed by ilyt on Thursday April 13, 2023 @01:58PM (#35559440)
Our helpdesk offered us to take our LJ2100 and get us something newer.

Many insults were thrown. He didn't try again

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Re:We achieved a 6-fold increase in Podman startup speed by hinkley on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:49PM (#35573251)
There were a ton of companies selling refurbished or knockoff toner cartridges for those things too. As good as the LJ was, the fact that they had easy access to cheaper supplies just accelerated the process of selection.
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