I received my Universal link cable yesterday evening! The good news is that I purchased the correct cable and I can transfer data to my Game Boy Printer. The bad news is that, as I suspected, the printing quality is terrible due to the aged thermal paper. I took a dark picture on my Game boy Camera to show how bad the problem is.
Unfortunately, Nintendo does not sell the thermal paper anymore (discontinued 2002-ish?). I did find a seller on Amazon that had the original Game Boy Printer paper. As I read the customers’ comments, I quickly discovered that the paper was no good. Despite it being in the original box it was initially sold in, the paper still aged and was used. Within the comments, though, someone suggested that receipt paper should work. The only problem with receipt paper is that it is too wide, but that is a problem that can be fixed.
So my next plan of action is to acquire some receipt paper to see how well it works with the Game Boy Printer.
i like you blog and i was thinking about picking up an original gameboy too. following ;)
ReplyDeleteOh snap, Game Boy printer in action!
ReplyDeleteI hope the receipt paper works!
I'm practically on the dge of my seat. Really!
ReplyDeleteWow, I had no idea this even existed, nice! :D
ReplyDeleteHaha, it actually works. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteI never had one of these, always thought they were awesome
ReplyDeleteI am in love.
ReplyDeleteI do alot of work on the original gameboys, modding them for stage play with LittleSoundDJ
I'd love to see some tinkering with the Gameboy Printer.
Omg! I remember this! Thanks for bringing back the memories! I remember the gameboy camera is aswell!
ReplyDeletei still have an old gameboy with printer. ... and it still works :D
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I didn't even know there was such thing o.o
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