OLYMPIA — In an announcement the Washington State Department of Commerce has announced the replacement of thermal receipt paper containing harmful bisphenols — specifically BPA and BPC — with a safer, ...

Thermal and impact receipt printers do the same job but are suited to different locations.

There may be more to be concerned about than the total cost of your groceries when the cashier hands you the receipt.

Say goodbye to hidden hazards in the checkout aisle. In a groundbreaking development, researchers have invented a safer alternative to the special paper used to print receipts that is completely free ...

Most store receipts are printed on thermal paper, which uses heat-sensitive inks called leuco dyes. When a hot printhead passes over them, these dyes react with an acid developer embedded in the paper ...

I am scanning in receipts to convert to PDFs and one I came across is from a gas station. It is a typical thermal paper receipt, and it is very faded but only a few weeks old. When I try to scan it ...