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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It'd have to be a bit more than 3 or 4 since you're likely increasing exponentially by increasing the size and cells can get big.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, an increase in cell size would increase page count multiplicatively. Cells twice as tall would print the same amount as printing twice

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking in length and height, of course. Doubling both quadruples pages, and that's assuming you stop at twice the size.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

☝️🤓 that would still only be a quadratic rate of increase, not an exponential rate of increase

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Make it so the printer prints a copy of itself every other print.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago

My 3D printer printer prints only printers now

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

now we’re talking