diff --git a/src/common/utils.py b/src/common/utils.py
index 1af1c0eb5..d6d241b2f 100644
--- a/src/common/utils.py
+++ b/src/common/utils.py
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ def update_state_with_device_name(state, device_name):
     return updated_state
 
 
-def create_message(state):
-    message = {"type": "state", "data": json.dumps(state)}
+def create_message(msg, send_type="state"):
+    if isinstance(msg, dict):
+        msg = json.dumps(msg)
+
+    message = {"type": send_type, "data": msg}
     return message
 
 
@@ -41,6 +44,13 @@ def send_to_simulator(state, device_name):
         time.sleep(CONSTANTS.TIME_DELAY)
 
 
+def send_print_to_simulator(raw_msg):
+    data_str = str(raw_msg)
+    message = create_message(data_str, "print")
+    print(json.dumps(message) + "\0", file=sys.__stdout__, flush=True)
+    time.sleep(CONSTANTS.TIME_DELAY)
+
+
 def remove_leading_slashes(string):
     string = string.lstrip("\\/")
     return string
@@ -52,14 +62,6 @@ def escape_if_OSX(file_name):
     return file_name
 
 
-def print_for_unimplemented_functions(function_name, one_more_call=False):
-    # Frame 0 is this function call
-    # Frame 1 is the call that calls this function, which is a microbit function
-    # Frame 2 is the call that calls the microbit function, which is in the user's file
-    # If one_more_call is True, then there is another frame between what was originally supposed to be frame 1 and 2.
-    frame_no = 2 if not one_more_call else 3
-    line_number = sys._getframe(frame_no).f_lineno
-    user_file_name = sys._getframe(frame_no).f_code.co_filename
-    print(
-        f"'{function_name}' on line {line_number} in {user_file_name} is not implemented in the simulator but it will work on the actual device!"
-    )
+def print_for_unimplemented_functions(function_name):
+    msg = f"'{function_name}' is not implemented in the simulator but it will work on the actual device!\n"
+    send_print_to_simulator(msg)
diff --git a/src/micropython/microbit/__model/microbit_model.py b/src/micropython/microbit/__model/microbit_model.py
index b9149e721..1f78e35ae 100644
--- a/src/micropython/microbit/__model/microbit_model.py
+++ b/src/micropython/microbit/__model/microbit_model.py
@@ -30,15 +30,11 @@ def __init__(self):
 
     def panic(self, n):
         # Due to the shim, there is another call frame.
-        utils.print_for_unimplemented_functions(
-            MicrobitModel.panic.__name__, one_more_call=True
-        )
+        utils.print_for_unimplemented_functions(MicrobitModel.panic.__name__)
 
     def reset(self):
         # Due to the shim, there is another call frame.
-        utils.print_for_unimplemented_functions(
-            MicrobitModel.reset.__name__, one_more_call=True
-        )
+        utils.print_for_unimplemented_functions(MicrobitModel.reset.__name__)
 
     def sleep(self, n):
         time.sleep(n / 1000)