Editing Game Boy Printer (section)

==Usage today==
Mad Catz<ref>"[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00002AH2V Mad Catz GB to PC Camera Link Cable (GBC)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212130156/https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00002AH2V |date=2019-12-12 }}". November 20th, 2010.</ref> and Xchanger sold a kit that enabled users to connect a Game Boy to a [[Personal Computer|PC]] and print images using the PC's printer. Hobbyists outside the UK can also make their own cable for uploading images to their computer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ziegler.desaign.de/gb2pp7.gif|title=Game Boy to LPT Cable diagram|last=Frohwein|first=Jeff|date=April 5, 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223045656/http://www.ziegler.desaign.de/gb2pp7.gif|archive-date=February 23, 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=July 17, 2009}}</ref> A Game Boy Printer [[video game console emulator|emulator]] is needed for the Game Boy to interface with the PC once linked via cable.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/macro/730/|title=Gameboy Printer Emulator|last=Eyre|first=Martin|date=September 18, 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011085022/http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/macro/730/|archive-date=October 11, 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=July 17, 2009}}</ref> The Game Boy Printer Paper has also been discontinued, and rolls of the genuine article that still produce a reliable image are becoming more difficult to find.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/groups/gameboycamera/discuss/72157594161638731/|title=game boy printer problems|date=June 10, 2006|website=[[Flickr]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120223256/https://www.flickr.com/groups/gameboycamera/discuss/72157594161638731/|archive-date=January 20, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=July 17, 2009}}</ref> Regular thermal paper, such as the kind used for [[POS terminal]]s, can be cut to the proper width and used successfully with the Game Boy Printer.<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWlymZDFEs8|title=Make your own Game Boy Printer Paper video tutorial|language=en|access-date=July 17, 2009|via=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110231528/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWlymZDFEs8|archive-date=January 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The system will print a test message reading "Hello" if it is turned on while the feed button is held. According to the manual, this is used to test if the printer is functioning properly. To get around using six AA batteries (1.5 volts each) for the printer, a single [[Nine-volt battery|9V battery]] can be used if wired properly, because the printer requires 9V DC.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}