Spool Pen

A spool of paper ribbon on the end of a pen or pencil can be fed infront of the marker point as you write, and the writing implement slowly turned to make room for new characters as your recorded words are respooled. A window in the side of the pen allows for later viewing of the recorded words. This makes for a compact writing and reading device.

Alternatively the pen contains no ink, but only the spool of paper, which dispenses a ribbon against the flat clear plastic writing tip. A pen nib that points vertically from the desktop, upon a bright backlight, is pressed against the exposed paper ribbon. By moving this paper pen in a similar manner as a conventional ink pen, legible markings can be made upon the surface of the paper ribbon for later review.