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We show that the size ratio is an important control parameter responsible for the consistency of the fractal properties of the system: the larger the ratio, the less pronounced the finite-size effects and the better the agreement between the exponents. For the DT protocol, all three exponents coincide even at moderate values of the size ratio. For the CP protocol, the exponents are different for both moderate and large size ratios. The suppression of the exponent of the structure factor in the CP packing is explained by the specific behavior of pores, which contain relatively large cavities. We develop an algorithm for calculating the pore size distribution and show that it is related to the exponent of the structure factor. We argue that the presence of the cavities lowers the configurational entropy and, thus, reduces the randomness of the CP packing. Thus, the cavities reduce both packing fraction and randomness of the CP packings. 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