With regard to John Tuttle's quest for getting lyrics on a paper
roll,  I once observed that WordPerfect 4 had a facility for something
called "print through".  This enabled printing directly from the
computer, and basically made WordPerfect 4 into a clumsy typewriter.

Some WordPerfect versions allowed for "copy and remember my key
strokes".  It became a file that would be named and saved.  Such
would make it easy to record the advance of the platen and the words.
I know this would be impractical for commercial use, but would work
for a couple of rolls.

Bill Chapman,
in sunny Palm Springs, Calif., but it's not quite spring here.