The Game Boy Printer

The Game Boy Printer (Pocket Printer in Japan) by Nintendo is a thermal printer designed for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color systems and was released in 1998. It prints images from compatible games (listed below) on rolls of white, pale blue or pale yellow 1" x .875" thermal paper with adhesive backing, and runs on six AA batteries. It primarily functions with the Game Boy Camera, although some late-generation Game Boy and Game Boy Color games also work in conjunction with it. Nintendo ceased manufacture in 2003.^[1] For the video game system, see Nintendo Entertainment System. ... A thermal printer (or direct thermal printer) produces a printed image by selectively heating coated thermochromic paper, or thermal paper as it is commonly known, when the paper passes over the thermal print head. ... For the entire Game Boy series of handheld consoles, see Game Boy line. ... The Game Boy Color , shortened to GBC) is Nintendos successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November of 1998 in the United States and 1999 in Europe. ... 1998 1998 in games 1997 in video gaming 1999 in video gaming Notable events of 1998 in video gaming. ... A thermal printer (or direct thermal printer) produces a printed image by selectively heating coated thermochromic paper, or thermal paper as it is commonly known, when the paper passes over the thermal print head. ... For other uses, see Battery. ... A red Game Boy Camera, which also came in several other colors. ... The Game Boy Color , shortened to GBC) is Nintendos successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November of 1998 in the United States and 1999 in Europe. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Later games for Game Boy Color (like Pokémon Crystal Version) use the printer to print a player's Pokédex or the stats of a specific monster. Due to the paper's adhesive backing, these images could be used as stickers. Pokémon Crystal, released in Japan as Pocket Monsters Crystal ), is a title in the Pokémon series of RPGs for the Game Boy Color. ... The original Kanto Pokédex The Johto Pokédex The Hoenn Pokédex The Pokédex , lit. ... A label is any kind of tag attached with adhesive to something so as to identify the object or its contents. ...

In Japan, a bright yellow Pokémon version of the Game Boy Printer with a PokéBall emblem was released.

Amazon also sold a CD-ROM with a parallel port cable for printing GB pictures using a PC and regular printer. Amazon. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... This article is about the Centronics style port. ... A stylised illustration of a personal computer A personal computer (PC) is a computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals, intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator. ... A computer printer, or more commonly a printer, produces a hard copy (permanent human-readable text and/or graphics) of documents stored in electronic form, usually on physical print media such as paper or transparencies. ...

The system will print a message from Mario, if it is turned on while the feed button is held. According to the manual, this is used to test if the printer works properly.

Games with Game Boy Printer support

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External links

• Game Boy Printer Emulator - a program to transfer images from the Game Boy Camera to PC

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