Editing Spark printing (section)

== Models ==

By 1979, the Comprint 912<ref>{{cite magazine | date= 8 October 1979 |title= Comprint advertisement |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6J4qlVG62wkC&pg=PA14 |magazine= Computerworld  |access-date= 13 September 2020 }}</ref> was widely advertised as being faster, quieter, and less expensive than competitive matrix printers, with its "special aluminized 'silver paper'" being superior to ordinary paper, and "on those rare occasions when you really do need a plain bond paper copy, just run your Comprint 912 printout through your plain bond copy machine and you've got it."

The [[Sinclair ZX Printer]], introduced in November 1981 for the low-end [[Sinclair ZX81|ZX81]] (and later for the  [[ZX Spectrum]]) [[home computer]]s used the spark printing method, and retailed for {{£|49.95}}.

In the early 1980s, [[Casio]] released a "Mini Electro Printer", the [[Casio FP-10|FP-10]] for some of their [[scientific calculator]]s.<ref>{{cite web | title = Casio FX-702P | url = http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=987 | accessdate = 2006-11-30 | work = Computer Museum}}</ref> It used Casio CMP-36x5 paper.

The Hewlett Packard 9120A, which attached to the top of the [[HP-9100]]A/B calculator, also used the sparking technique.

Tandy / Radio Shack TRS-80 Screen Printer, Quick Printer, and Quick Printer II all used this same method and special paper.

The [[Sharp Corporation]] ELSIMATE EL-8151 portable calculator had a built in spark printer which used silver-colored paper. It is known to be compatible with the Casio CMP-36x5 paper used by the [[Casio FP-10|FP-10]], despite the Casio paper having a slightly larger core diameter.