Abstract: The paper tape roll, utilized for providing a printed customer receipt, is disposed in a trough like tray housed behind a drop-down door hinged in the front wall (i.e. the surface facing the machine operator during normal use of a business machine such as a cash register or the like). The path of tape feed progresses from the roll vertically up into a paper feed mechanism arranged in clear view of and for easy access by the machine operator while the operator remains in normal machine use position. The paper tape is then guided by the paper feed mechanism through a receipt printer, below a cutting blade, and out through a window, also provided in the drop-down door, for ready extraction by the machine operator and subsequent delivery to the customer.