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

[Neil Morrison]

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 yahoo.com>

> 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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