READING SERIAL NUMBERS:

Serial Number Structure Changes after October 2011

The representation of serial number is changed from MP 2352 series forward. Note: The structure of
the production serial number from the 4th digit (i.e. the portion following the three-digit prefix code) has
been changed as follows.

Example: W41yfmxxxxxx
y: The last digit of the year of production
f: Production factory/region: (A to Z):

Code Production Code Production Code Production

factory/region factory/region factory/region
A Atsugi (Japan) J RPL S Ricoh Optical Industry
B Gotenba (Japan) K RIF T Not assigned
C Tohoku Ricoh L REI U Not available
(Japan)
D Hadano (Japan) M RAI V Not assigned
E REX (Japan) N REX (China) W Not assigned
F RPS O Not available X OEM
G RUC P SRD Y Others in Japan
H Sindoh Ricoh Q RCA Z Others in overseas
I Not available R RMT

m: Production month
1(January) to 9 (September), A (October), B (November), C (December)
xxxxx: Nth machine produced in the month
 Serial Number Structure Changes after 2000 before October 2011

The factory serial numbering was changed for the following models and all models after 2000 to 2011: Aficio
350 series, FT4615, FT3613, FT3813, Aficio 220 and Fax2000L until 2011.

All Models
Model Production Code Digits 1~3
Last Digit of Production Year 4th digit
Production Month/Factory Digits 5 & 6
Production number Digits 7~11

Example: Ricoh S/N H4805200442

H 4 8 0 5 2 0 0 4 4 2

Last Digit of
Machine Product Code Production
Year
Aficio 700
(2000)
Production number for that month

(Unit number 442 for that month)

Production Month & Apr

Jan Feb Mar May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Factory
Japan Production 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

SINDO Ricoh (Korea) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

RPL (England) 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
RIF (France) 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
REI (USA) 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
RAI (China) 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72
Elemex (China) 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84
Others 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96

(REI production in April)

How to Decode Serial Numbers: August 1987 ~ 2000

Savin/Gestetner Ricoh Models

Models
Model Production Code Digits 1 - 3 Digits 1 - 4

Last Digit of Production Year 4th digit 5th digit

Production Month/Factory Digits 5 - 6 Digits 6 -7
Unit Number for Month Digits 7-10 Digits 8 - 11

Example: Ricoh S/N A7989420080

A 7 9 8 9 4 2 0 0 8 0

Machine
Product Code

FT7970 Production number for that month (Unit number 80 for

that month)

Last Digit of
Production Year

(1999)

Production Month & Factory

Jan=1, Feb = 2, Dec = 12 Production Month

Japan = 00 1~12

RPL (UK) = 20 01~12

REI = 40 21~32

China = 80 41~52

(REI production in February) 81~92