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The Game Boy Printer (Japanese: ポケットプリンタ Pocket Printer) is a thermal printer designed for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. The Game Boy Printer was released in 1998 alongside the Game Boy Camera. It prints images from compatible games on small rolls of thermal paper. Individual sheets are adhesive-backed and 3.8 cm (1.5 in) in diameter. The Game Boy Printer uses six AA batteries. It is compatible with all Game Boy models except for the Game Boy micro. A Link cable is required to connect the printer to a Game Boy.

Pokémon games with Game Boy Printer support

Pokémon Yellow Version

Pokémon Yellow was the first Pokémon game to be compatible with the Game Boy Printer. It also boasts one of the highest levels of Printer support out of all the Pokémon games.

• Players can print out Pokédex entries. If a player has only seen and not captured the Pokémon, they may still print the entry, although it will be mostly empty.
• The chairman of the Pokémon Fan Club will offer to print out a photograph of one of the player's Pokémon. This will print out the Pokémon's sprite, stats, original trainer, and moveset.
• Players can print out a list of Pokémon stored in their PC boxes.
• If a player completes the Pokédex and earns the Diploma, they may print out a copy of it.
• Players can print out their high scores from the Pikachu's Beach minigame.

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

The Generation II games continued to support the Game Boy Printer, although there were fewer printing options than in Pokémon Yellow.

• Players can print out Pokédex entries. Like in Pokémon Yellow, players can print out data for Pokémon that have been seen or caught, although the "seen" data will be mostly empty.
• The Photo Studio in Cianwood allows for Trainers to print out the Pokédex or stats of one Pokémon.
• Completing the Unown Dex allows printing of the Unown sprites and text.
• Players can also print out Mail.

Pokémon Pinball

Players may print out their high score tables in Pokémon Pinball for the Game Boy Color.

Pokémon Trading Card Game

Pokémon Trading Card Game for the Game Boy Color offered many options for players with a Game Boy Printer.

• Players can print out a list of their entire card collection.
• Players can print out individual cards from their collection.
• Players can print out their saved custom deck configurations.

Trivia

The special Pikachu Yellow Game Boy Printer

• A special Pikachu Yellow Game Boy Printer was sold exclusively in Japan.
• The Pokewalker Menu Music in Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver is a remix of the Game Boy Printer Connection Error screen music from Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal

External links

• Game Boy Printer article on Wikipedia.
• About.com Guide to Game Boy - All things Game Boy: News, reviews, history, culture and development. Updated several times a week.
• Gameboy Printer Emulator - a program to transfer images from the Game Boy Camera to PC

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