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1936
Company History
Coining Office Automation acronym
1936 - 1969
1970 - 1984
1985 - 1999
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Apr. 1973
RIFAX 600S, first high-speed facsimile machine for offices,
succeeds in transmitting a message between Tokyo and New York
RIFAX 600S was the world's first high-speed facsimile machine for offices, designed to be able to transmit an
A4 page in 60 seconds an outstanding performance compared to the three to six minutes required for contemporary standard models at the time.
The product was also capable of international transmission.
At the product launch conference held in April 1973,
a transmission demonstration was successfully conducted between Tokyo and New York via satellite communications,
establishing the global reputation of Ricoh as a leading technology brand.
This machine was included in the Essential Historical
Materials for Science and Technology list (No.00170) for fiscal 2014.
RIFAX 600S (1974)
RIFAX 600S high-speed facsimile enabling an astonishingly fast 60-sec.
RIFAX 600S exported to the USA (1975)
transmission, presented at the product launch conference at
Keidanren Kaikan in April 1973, with
Prime Minister Eisaku Sato (left) and
Ricoh President Mikio Tatebayashi
