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[[File:Gbprinter.jpg|thumb | [[File:Gbprinter.jpg|thumb|The Game Boy Printer]] | ||
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''' (Japanese: '''ポケットプリンタ''' ''Pocket Printer'') is a {{wp|Thermal printing|thermal printer}} designed for the [[Game Boy]] and [[Game Boy Color]] released on February 21, 1998 in Japan<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/hardware/pocket_c/ ポケットカメラ＆ポケットプリンタ]</ref> and on June 1, 1998 in the United States<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19980530121628/http://www.nintendo.com/gb/gb_camera/index.html Nintendo: Game Boy Camera]</ref> alongside the [[Game Boy Camera]]. | ||
The printer is compatible with all Game Boy models except for the [[Game Boy micro]] and a [[Game Link Cable|Game Link cable]] is required to connect the printer to a Game Boy. It runs on six {{wp|AA battery|AA batteries}}. | |||
When players of compatible games issue a {{wp|print job}}, the output is printed on small rolls of thermal paper, with individual sheets being adhesive-backed and 1.5 in (3.8 cm) in diameter. The paper rolls were marketed as being able to take 180 pictures per roll but a typical roll would only be able to take 118 pictures at most (the dimensions of the paper and the margins between prints are calculated for each print job). | |||
==Printable features in Pokémon games== | ==Printable features in Pokémon games== | ||
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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. | 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 | Both the feature and its settings were removed in the Korean versions of Gold and Silver as the Game Boy Printer was not released in {{pmin|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}}. | 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}}. | ||
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====Pokémon Storage System==== | ====Pokémon Storage System==== | ||
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 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. | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
In | ====Party Pokémon==== | ||
In {{game|Yellow}}, the [[Pokémon Fan Club Chairman|chairman]] of the [[Pokémon Fan Club]] in [[Vermilion City]] can take a photo of one of the player's {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} in the [[Party|Pokémon List]] and print it out. In the [[Generation II]] games, the {{DL|Cianwood City|Photo Studio/Cameron's house|Photo Studio}} in [[Cianwood City]] instead takes this role. | |||
The dimensions | The dimensions in the Western Generation II games are 160×272 px. | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Party Pokemon print Y.png|A printed party Pokémon from Yellow | Party Pokemon print Y.png|A printed party Pokémon from Yellow | ||
Party Pokemon print Y JP.png|A printed party Pokémon from Japanese Yellow | Party Pokemon print Y JP.png|A printed party Pokémon from Japanese Yellow | ||
Party Pokemon print GSC.png|A printed party Pokémon from Generation II | |||
Party Pokemon print GSC JP.png|A printed party Pokémon from Japanese Generation II | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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Black-and-white copies of the [[Mail]] in the [[Generation II]] games can also be printed. | Black-and-white copies of the [[Mail]] in the [[Generation II]] games can also be printed. | ||
=== | ====Alph Ruins Stamps==== | ||
{{ | [[File:Alph Ruins Stamp.png|thumb|An Alph Ruins Stamp of {{DL|Form differences|Unown|Unown-A}}]] | ||
In the [[Generation II]] games, players may generate so-called '''Alph Ruins Stamps''' of individual {{p|Unown}} and/or vacant spaces using the '''PRINT''' function of the printer at the [[Ruins of Alph]] Research Center. | |||
Printed stamps have the dimensions 160×48 px. | |||
===={{ | ===Spin-off games=== | ||
{{Incomplete|section|Pokémon Card GB2 info}} | |||
====Pinball==== | |||
Players may print out their high score tables in {{g|Pinball}}. | |||
====Trading Card Game==== | |||
{{ga|Pokémon Trading Card Game}} allows players to print either individual cards or a list of their entire card collection as well as the custom deck configurations that they saved. | |||
==Printer errors== | ==Printer errors== | ||
If there is an issue with the printer, the games return four types of errors and instruct the player to check the | 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 1:''' The Game Boy Printer's batteries are empty. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[File:jp gbprinter.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The special Pikachu Yellow Game Boy Printer]] | [[File:jp gbprinter.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The special Pikachu Yellow Game Boy Printer]] | ||
*A special Pikachu Yellow Game Boy Printer was sold exclusively in Japan. | * A special Pikachu Yellow Game Boy Printer was sold exclusively in Japan. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* {{wp|Game Boy Printer}} article on Wikipedia | * {{wp|Game Boy Printer}} article on Wikipedia | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{Project Games notice}} | {{Project Games notice}} | ||