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{{Samename|item received after defeating a Frontier Brain in Generation IV|commemorative print}}
A '''print''' (Japanese: '''プリント''') is a feature in {{game|Yellow}}, {{3v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}} that requires the [[Game Boy Printer]]. The quality of prints is managed in the [[options]] and the game uses three messages during the process: CHECKING LINK → TRANSMITTING → PRINTING.

Both the feature and its settings were removed in the Korean versions of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} as the Game Boy Printer was not released in South Korea.

The background music played while printing is the same in all four games ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svgdJwCkx1c listen]). It was later rearranged and used as the theme of the [[Pokéwalker]] screens in the [[main menu]] of {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}.

==Printable features==
===Pokédex stickers===
The player can print physical copies of the [[Pokédex]] entries of individual {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} by using the '''PRNT''' option in the Pokédex. These prints are referred to as '''Pokédex stickers''' (Japanese: '''ずかんシール''' ''Pokédex stickers'') in the [[Generation II]] games.

In Western versions, the dimensions of Pokédex stickers (160×192 px) exceed those of the [[Game Boy]]'s screen resolution (160×144 px) because the print combines the two pages of the Pokédex entry. The stickers in the Japanese versions are not printed out with different dimensions because the Pokédex entries only use a single page. In the Japanese Generation II games, the printed font differs from the font used in-game.

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Mew Pokedex print Y.png|A print of Mew's Yellow Pokédex entry
Mew Pokedex print Y JP.png|A print of Mew's Japanese Yellow Pokédex entry
Mew Pokedex print C.png|A print of Mew's Crystal Pokédex entry
Mew Pokedex print C JP.png|A print of Mew's Japanese Crystal Pokédex entry
</gallery>

===Diploma===
The [[diploma]] can also be printed as proof by the graphic artist at the Game Freak Development Room on the third floor of [[Celadon Condominiums]]. Printed diplomas have the dimensions 160×288 px.

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Diploma print Y.png|A print of the Yellow diploma
Diploma print Y JP.png|A print of the Japanese Yellow diploma
Diploma print C.png|A print of the Crystal diploma
Diploma print C JP.png|A print of the Japanese Crystal diploma
</gallery>

===Pokémon Storage System===
[[File:PSS box Unown stamp print GSC.png|thumb|x456px|Alph Ruin Stamps]]
The list of {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} in a given Box of the [[Pokémon Storage System]] can also be printed. Prints of Boxes display the full Box, including empty slots. [[Nickname]]s and [[level]]s are also listed alongside the Pokémon's species name. Like the Pokémon Storage System itself, the Western versions show a maximum of 20 entries for Pokémon, while the Japanese versions show 30 entries.

The dimensions of printed Boxes are 160×576 px in all versions.

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PSS box print Y.png|A printed Box from Yellow
PSS box print Y JP.png|A printed Box from Japanese Yellow
PSS box print C.png|A printed Box from Generation II
PSS box print GSC JP.png|A printed Box from Japanese Generation II
</gallery>

====Unown====
In the [[Generation II]] games, players may generate so-called '''Alph Ruin Stamps''' of individual {{p|Unown}} and/or vacant spaces using the printer at the [[Ruins of Alph]] Research Center. The stamps are stored in the data of the [[Pokémon Storage System]] and printed alongside a Box.

Prints of Boxes with the stamps do not have fixed dimensions but if only stamps of the 26 Unown letters are considered, then the dimensions are 160×1824 px.

===Party Pokémon===
In {{game|Yellow}}, the [[Pokémon Fan Club Chairman|chairman]] of the [[Pokémon Fan Club]] in [[Vermilion City]] can print out one of the player's {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} in the [[Party|Pokémon List]].

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Party Pokemon print Y.png|A printed party Pokémon from Yellow
Party Pokemon print Y JP.png|A printed party Pokémon from Japanese Yellow
</gallery>

===Pikachu's Beach hi-score===
The player may print a black-and-white copy of the screen showing their [[Pikachu's Beach]] hi-score in {{game|Yellow}} by using the printer at Summer Beach House on {{rt|19|Kanto}}.

===Mail===
Black-and-white copies of the [[Mail]] in the [[Generation II]] games can also be printed.

==Printer errors==
If there is an issue with the printer, the games return four types of errors and instruct the player to check the [[Game Boy Printer]] Manual. The following descriptions for each error are taken and adapted from the online support article provided by [[Nintendo]] of Europe.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Game-Boy-Pocket-Color/Troubleshooting/Game-Boy-Printer/Error-message-appears/Error-message-appears-619693.html Error message appears | Game Boy / Pocket / Color | Support | Nintendo]</ref>

* '''Printer Error 1:''' The Game Boy Printer's batteries are empty.
* '''Printer Error 2:''' The Universal [[Game Link Cable|Game Link cable]] is not connected or is connected incorrectly.
* '''Printer Error 3:''' The printer's paper needs to be changed.
* '''Printer Error 4:''' The ambient temperature is inadequate (too high or too low). The printer must be used in a place with controlled temperature.

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