Ricoh may be best known for its imaging equipment, but the company is more than just another copycat. One of the world's leading manufacturers of copiers and supplies, Ricoh also makes fax machines, scanners, and printers. Other products from the company, which operates about 230 subsidiaries and affiliates in more than 180 countries, include digital cameras, servers, software for its products, semiconductors, printed circuit boards, thermal paper labels, and optical equipment. Ricoh is represented in the US and across the Americas by its Ricoh Americas subsidiary.