Game Boy Printer and Receipt Paper

So I finally got some receipt paper for my Game Boy Printer and it works wonderfully.  As I mentioned on a previous post, the only problem was the width of the paper.

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.

Update: Game Boy Printer

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.