Products - Thermal Media

RICOH - The name to know for quality innovations in thermal media technology.

Ricoh's thermal media products are designed to meet the demanding applications of our customers. The quality of our products, and the wide diversity of their uses, are a result of an ongoing dialogue with our clients who have constantly provided us with new and challenging applications for our products.

Though thermal paper evolved from the invention of sensitized paper invented over 50 years ago, Ricoh entered the thermal paper business in 1977 by manufacturing recording paper for measuring instruments and thermo-sensitive paper for fax machines. After only three years, production increased to meet an increasing market demand.

By 1980, with R&D efforts intensified, Ricoh was able to develop the world's first thermal paper for point-of-sale (POS) label. By 1981, the production volume and sales increased dramatically. A true pacesetter, Ricoh installed the world's largest coater at its Fukui, Japan plant in 1985. The same year, Ricoh Electronics started manufacturing thermal paper with the installation of a state-of-the-art coater in the U.S.

Ricoh Electronics began marketing thermal sensitive papers through its own sales network in 1982. Since 1985, these products have been manufactured at the company's 112,000 square-foot Santa Ana facility. Local production as well as R&D capabilities have been expanded to meet the growing service and new product development needs of Ricoh customers.

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Today's thermal papers made by Ricoh have a wide variety of uses and applications:

Government: Shipping ID labels, Postal labels, Asset Identification Automotive: AIAG labels, Parts ID labels, Bills of lading, Shipping labels, Packing lists, Window stickers, Assembly tags Health Care: HIBC Bar codes, Consumable bar code labels, Specimen labels, Pharmacy labels, Lab reports, In-patient and Out-patient records, Wristband labels Retail: UPC marketing, Shelf labels and tags, Warehouse case labels, Supermarket food labels Warehousing/Distribution: UPC shipping container symbol, Receiving, Order picking General Manufacturing: Work in process control, Shipment verification, Inventory packing, Receiving, Asset Management Cargo/Freight Handling: Air freight bills, Manifests, Baggage tags, Pro # labels, Load verification.

Ricoh also offers a unique line of strong, resin-based thermal transfer ribbons which provide users with a smear- and heat-resistant product.

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