The receipt paper shown in the picture is a little over twice the width of original Game Boy Printer thermal paper, so I removed the spool from the original paper roll and started wrapping the receipt paper around it. When I was satisfied with the amount of paper wrapped around the spool, I cut off the paper and relocated the spool to one edge of the roll. I then used a portion of the original thermal paper as a guide to cut through the new roll of receipt paper with a serrated knife. Now this technique might be considered lazy or sloppy, but it is definitly the fastest way to get the most paper cut per unit time.
As the pictures show, the paper works perfectly in the printer. And yes, the picture is of a cat caught drinking out of a toilet.
Awesome! I could have sworn that the gameboy printer worked with thermal paper and not regular one!
ReplyDeleteWhat about ink, what's the craic with that?
ReplyDeleteI love those printers. I still have mine :)
ReplyDeleteHoly crap. What a rush of nostalgia you just gave me :D
ReplyDeletei had one of those aswell, ahh bringing back the good times
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love what your doing. I remember owning one of these! Thumbs up!
ReplyDeleteDamn wish I still had my GBC.
ReplyDelete@Patti D.
ReplyDeleteThe receipt paper I used is thermal paper. Sorry, I should have specified in my post.
@Anonymous
The Game Boy Printer does not use ink, it uses heat to react with the thermal paper to create the images.
Wow i never new this existed
ReplyDeletewhat i dont even get y gameboy has a printer
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing one of these in a store when i was a kid. I'm kinda ashamed to say that I wanted it really badly. crappy printings and everything.
ReplyDeleteI used to have a gameboy camera, It was the coolest idea but ended up being fun for 5 minutes.
ReplyDeleteIt's great reading about all the accessories again though! Followed!