HP thermal paper for printers like 82143A or those used in HP-97 ist hard to find and expensive
- at least in Germany ;-(
What I recommend to save money and time: take a roll of thermal fax paper (very cheap compared to HP paper!)
and cut off a piece with the correct size to fit into your favorite thermal printer. For the cutting job, use
a fast running circular saw, equipped with (sorry, I don't know the correct english word) "cememted carbide"
or "stellite" blades (in Germany this is called "hard metal"). You don't have such a thing at hand? Doesn't
matter, ask the next carpenter or joiner! It should be a quite new or freshly sharpened blade to prevent ripping
off the paper. And the roll has to be well fixed.
The fax paper works fine (well, you get black printing instead of blue...) but there are two small problems: the
fax paper gets a black coloring at the cutting edge (abt. 1/16" or 1.5 mm) caused by the cutting heat.
And it is a little thicker than the original HP paper, so your printer has to work "a little harder"
(I experienced that effect with an HP-97 printer only, it sounds more "strained").
OK, let me know what you think about my suggestion...
Frank