Special acknowledgement to @rasterweb who has been sharing some of his results, which was pivotal in pushing me over the edge. Check out his pics.
Then also a friend told me last week that she has a few rolls of thermal paper left among the junk from her father's estate, and I figured that was a sign that I needed to move on this! Yay me.
Playing with the toy instant #camera with thermal printing. Discovered settings for density of image just for a few of the last ones. Gives a bit more contrast.