[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: Thermal rolls for TP-10 printer?

[James the Animal Tamer]

Printer output on the emulator works too -- it outputs to a file.  
You'd need to configure the output file prior to printing.

A suitable file can be quicktyped back in, too.


--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "Neil Morrison" 
<neilsmorr at h...> wrote:
> 
> Paper is 4 1/8" wide, about 2" diameter. Last known Radio Shack part
> # is RSU 10274827. Other possible sources are:-
> 
> http://www.paperrollsplus.com/ Item # 41876
> 
>     41876  4 1/8" x 1 7/8"  76-feet 25 rolls/case $41.55
> 
> http://www.truemarksupply.com/ Item # X4125HI (for TP10)
> 
>     Pricing unknown. 25 rolls/case.
> 
> These will sell you a pack. I guess you could split it 2 or 3 ways
> with other folk. Anyone want to organize this?
> 
> If you want to do the split trick, build a little wooden rig with 
two
> rollers and some single sided razor blades and roll it from one axle
> to another splitting it as you go. People used to do this to convert
> old mag tapes to 1/4" to save money - before dollar stores. I will
> need to do this to feed my pocket computer printers anyway. I 
believe
> the same people have plain paper for CGP-115.
> 
> Neil
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Warns" <mikewarns at y...>
> 
> > The places I've found that carry the correct paper all
> > want to sell you far more rolls than you would ever
> > use.  Everything from the usual off sources is either
> > too narrow (cash registers) or too wide (fax
> > machines).  What I did, following my personal
> > tradition of half-assing my way through life, was to
> > buy a cheap roll of fax paper and cut it in half.  Too
> > wide to feed into the printer, it turned out, so I cut
> > another 1/8" off it.  In the future it will be eaier
> > to cut one at 4-1/8" then trim a quarter inch off the
> > other half for a final width of 4-1/8".  I used a
> > fresh blade in a matte knife but the cut could still
> > be prettier.  No biggie; you aren't going to be using
> > this printer for resumes.
> >
> > One pack of Office Max's cheapest fax paper will give
> > you four rolls for the TP-10, which is more than
> > enough to convince you to go back to a regular printer.


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