3M "WhisperPrinter" (Trendcom 100) docs?

[Dave G4UGM]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of tony
duell
> Sent: 01 December 2014 20:24
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: RE: 3M "WhisperPrinter" (Trendcom 100) docs?
> 
> >
> > Nowdays, you can buy "thermal fax" paper at office supply stores and
> > it will work in the TI printers.  Unfortunately, it's 8.5" wide so you
> > would need to modify the roll for the Whisper Writer.  Maybe there is
> > a version of thermal cash register paper that will fit??
> 
> I've not seen thermal fax paper in office supply shops over here for about
10
> years. Can you still find it in the UK (I've got a few HP thermal
printers,
> including the 9866 on top of my 9830, that use it).
> 
> Over here there were 2 common widths. 210mm and I think 216mm The
> latter was the one used in most American printers, the former was much
> easier to find. I obtained an HP printer (2761 or some such) that was
> designed to use the wider paper. All I could find in the local shop was
the
> narrower stuff. It would use that provided the roll was in exactly the
right
> place, otherwise the head would go off the edge of the paper and snag on
> the paper as it came back. So I grabbed some brass rod, cut a couple of
thin
> slices, drilled a centre hole and carefully faced them off to be just the
right
> thickness to put the roll where I needed it. Worked fine and I was happy
--
> unitl I went to another branch of the same office shop. They had the 216mm
> rolls.
> 
> -tony

You can still get it, but its becoming rarer...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Thermal-Warning-Strip-W210mmxL15mx12-7mm/dp/B00
0J63NHW/ref=sr_1_1?s=officeproduct&ie=UTF8&qid=1417471012&sr=1-1&keywords=fa
x+paper

Dave 
G4UGM