[Coco] Paper for TP-10 Printer

[Rogelio Perea]

The paper sold for the TP-10 (RS Cat 26-1332) was as 4 1/8" wide 80 ft long
rolls.

There is a vendor that might still have it ->
http://www.paperrollsplus.com/thermal%20paper.htm <- part number 41876

The TP-10 will handle with no problem a 4" wide paper roll, it's only 1/8"
narrower, the margins the TP-10 leaves on each side of each printed line is
1/2" so there is room to spare, and 1/8" is not that much that the paper
roll would wobble inside its cradle as it is being pulled.

The 4" wide is easier to find ->
http://www.thermalpaperdirect.com/products/Thermal-Paper-Roll-4-x-80-For-Zebra-4336.asp

Problem with either option above is that the buyer must get a whole case of
the things, 25 rolls with the first vendor and 36 on the second one listed
above.


-- RP




On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:

> I have a TP-10 thermal printer that came along with some other gear. It
> works, but the remaining paper in it is damaged by age and heat, and it
> uses an uncommon width of paper. I'm wondering whether it might be
> practical to get some fax machine paper and cut it down to the right width
> for this little printer. Have any of y'all tried that successfully? My
> first impulse is to try cutting a roll with my power miter saw. Hopefully
> it will leave a clean enough edge, and hopefully it won't heat up the edge
> too much and cause too much blackening of the paper edge. Maybe wrapping
> some tape around the cut location before cutting will help limit shredding
> of the paper?
>
> This printer is pretty useless without an inexpensive source of paper, but
> it could be handy if I can feed it.
>
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