I read the article from Andy Taylor about Stencil Machines in the
MMDigest 971109 and believe I have one good option for him.  If he can
find an old Epson MX100 or other printer with a wide carriage that takes
continuous (fan-fold) paper, he has the first part of the problem licked,
which is the paper width problem.  (A look through the local want ads or
in a used computer equipment store should turn up one of these "antiques"
at a relatively cheap price.  One might even be found at a yard sale.)

I believe that most of these printers had traction feed as well as pin
feed as an option with the flip of a lever.  Traction feed should be
used.  The next step is to get a copy of Microsoft Word which I know will
do the words properly.  Other word processors might work as well, but I
don't have them to check out for sure.

Be sure that the tractor feed printer is the one selected for printing,
set the top and bottom margins to "0", and set the margins so that all
the words are printed on the right side of the paper where they need to
be.  (Note that you cannot set the top and bottom margins to "0" if a
sheet feed printer is selected since only a tractor feed printer can
print right to the bottom/top edge of the paper.)

Now type out the full song roll from the end to the beginning.  He should
be able to use the page size like a ruler as long as he knows where the
words need to be relative to the "page breaks".  While the results will
be dot matrix, they should be acceptable.  Unfortunately, I am not aware
of any printers with newer technology that have a carriage wide enough to
take a piano roll.

The remaining problem is to be certain that the ink doesn't smudge on the
waxed paper.  If it does, I am afraid that I don't have a solution for
this problem.  Perhaps a fixative after printing or possibly a solvent
based ink on the ribbon might work?  Hope this information helps.

Jack Breen