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| TUSTIN, Calif., May 15
/PRNewswire/NEWSdesk -- Ricoh Company's Disc Media and Systems Center (DMS-C) Division
today announced the technological development of "RICOH CD-RW 74 minute 10X
media," the world's fastest CD-RW disc. Ricoh has developed this new disc compatible
with writing/rewriting speeds of 4x to 10x to conform with the most recent version of the
CD-RW standard, Orange Book Part III, Volume 2, Ver. 1.0. Simultaneously, Ricoh DMS
announced it has developed a multi-function drive that records CD-RW at 10X. Announcements on both products will follow pending general availability sometime during the second quarter. The recently established new CD-RW standard Orange Book Part III, Volume 2, Ver. 1.0 allows writing and rewriting of 4x to 10x to meet the needs of higher speed CD writing and rewriting. (The existing Orange Book Part III, Volume 1, Ver. 2.0 enables 1x, 2x, and 4x writing/rewriting.) Applications will include video, imaging, internet, software development, multi-media presentations and more. "This breakthrough in development was accomplished by fine-tuning the original phase-change recording material used for the conventional Ricoh CD-RW discs and by optimizing the film thickness of the recording materials," according to Tadatoshi Sakamaki, director and general manager DMS Division of Ricoh Company LTD, Japan. This new Ricoh CD-RW disc is directly writable/rewritable at high speed on CD-R/RW drive units compatible with the latest standard soon to be released by Ricoh and other major drive manufacturers. It also has high compatibility with various other types of drive units so that disc data can be read on conventional CD-R/RW drive units, MultiRead-enabled CD-ROM drive units, DVD-ROM drive units, and DVD-RAM drive units. Other characteristics for both the drives and media include high-speed packet writing capabilities, allowing direct writing/rewriting in CAV (constant angular velocity) mode, as well as conventional CLV (constant linear velocity) mode. The media achieves high-reliability in writing/rewriting by reducing the jitter rate (time axis fluctuation) and error rate through a wide power margin design. The CD-RW disc is rapidly spreading as a common storage media. The world market volume of CD-RW media has been estimated as approximately 39 million discs in 1999 and is expected to reach 132 million discs in 2000 (source: Japan Recording-Media Industries Association). The CD-RW media's projected MSRP is $4 per disc. About Ricoh DMS-Center Ricoh Corporation is a diversified office equipment and electronics provider. The company is a pioneer in the development of computer-connected and digital multifunctional document systems, is a leader in the fastest-growing color copier market and is a premier supplier of black & white copiers, facsimile machines, printers and scanners. Information about Ricoh's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.ricoh-usa.com SOURCE Ricoh Corporation NOTE TO EDITOR: All trademarks or product names are property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Kathleen Davies, kdavies@KDandA.com
, or Brett Weinberg, Weinberg@KDandA.com , +1
612-305-4305, both of KD&A Public Relations for Ricoh Corporation IN: CPR |
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