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New thermal receipt paper made from vitamin C

ATM, parking ticket and POS thermal receipt supplier Telemark Diversified Graphics is partnering with Wisconsin-based paper company Appvion to produce a new type of thermal receipt paper.

November 24, 2014

Sturgis, Michigan-based ATM, parking ticket and POS thermal receipt supplier Telemark Diversified Graphics is partnering with Wisconsin-based paper company Appvion to produce a new type of thermal receipt paper.

Instead of phenol chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol S (BPS), the new paper is made from vitamin C. The thermal chemistry product, Alpha Free paper, contains a signature yellow hue.

"This paper will fill a need for customers who are industry visionaries, who focus on bucking industry trends, rather than shaving costs," said Brandon Kent, vice president of sales and marketing at Telemark, in a statement.

"Appvion understands that some consumers care about what’s in their receipt paper, not just what is printed on it. In response to demand for a more natural receipt paper, we now offer Alpha Free, which is manufactured using vitamin C and meets the needs for people who are concerned about phenols like BPA," said Dave Pauly, product manager for thermal receipt paper at Appvion. "Vitamin C is well-known, well-studied and used daily as a nutritional supplement by millions of Americans. Our research identified strong consumer preference for vitamin C over other options we considered. Vitamin C also produces a natural yellow color on receipt paper, which makes it easy to identify. Given those benefits, we focused our development efforts on a vitamin C formulation that fulfills customers’ preferences for a phenol-free product without compromising product reliability or performance."