Set to 3, it apparently prints 8?

2^N?

Well, there's definitely something weird going on. I tried to print 2 copies of a 1-page document and 4 copies came out.

I'm trying 3 to see if it prints 6.

No idea why it would be doubling the number, though.

I think it works fine with 1 (the default). I know I've printed before.

@valhalla

I don't know what it would have done. After 7 copies, I just canceled the print job manually.

I have no idea what I did wrong, or even if.

Well. I was going to print a total of 10, so it's not really a problem. I was just planning to do them in smaller batches.

There is some toner streaking going on, though. Not sure what I can do to clear that up.

Probably not much.

Just going to be part of the "charm", I guess.

This is why I usually go with a professional printer (company).

...7...

5 and starting a 6th...

I wonder what exactly went wrong?

I suppose I could've accidentally printed twice, which I guess would do 6 copies.

Or maybe there's an actual bug in CUPS or the print dialog in Okular?

Then, IDK... what might it do?

Hmm. I told Okular to print 3 copies of this 44 page PDF.

I've pulled out 4 copies, and it's working on a 5th. How many will it print..?

When I was first getting into home computers, one of the first programs I played with on the TRS-80 Model 1 was "Eliza" (we also had a version of "Space Invaders").

It really depended on the way we naturally project agency on things for the illusion. But it wasn't hard to see through after a few minutes.

LLMs are better. It takes longer to see through them. But it's still basically the same thing, and getting LLM chatbots to do your homework isn't going to fare much better.

ELIZA - Wikipedia

(en.m.wikipedia.org)

@cheribaker
I might want this just because of dodgy mobile access where I live.