Citing an improving U.S. economy, GE Capital’s Office Imaging analysts say shipments of office-imaging units will grow 3 percent this year, with the fastest-growing industry segment being value-added devices paired with services and supplies. Sales of color office imaging devices are showing more modest growth, while sales of black-and-white ones are declining. The firm’s analysts [...]
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Three Billion Pages Printed Every Day in Developing Markets, Reports IDC
While office-printing in the United States and Western Europe continue to slow, pages printed in developing markets has increased 14 percent year-over-year, with most of those pages printed by monochrome laser devices, according to market-research firm International Data Corporation (IDC). According to IDC’s IDC Worldwide Page Volume and Vendor Share Program report, worldwide page volume [...]
Worldwide Printer, MFP Shipments Up 1.6 Percent in Third Quarter, Reports IDC
Market-research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) reports that the worldwide hardcopy peripherals market grew 1.6 percent in the third-quarter 2011 versus third-quarter 2010. According to IDC, over 31.3 million units were shipped in third-quarter 2011, versus 29 million units shipped in second-quarter 2011. MFPs continued to dominate the market, accounting for 66 percent of units [...]
Worldwide Printer, MFP Market Slows in Second Quarter, Reports IDC, but Growth in Emerging Markets Remains Strong
According to market-research firm International Data Corporation (IDC), emerging markets were a key bright spot in the worldwide market for printers, MFPs, and digital copiers in second-quarter 2011, with unit shipments up 6 percent year-over-year for the seventh consecutive quarter of growth. However, developed markets, including North America and Western Europe, recorded the first quarter [...]
Developing Markets Continue to Lead Hardcopy Market, Reports IDC
Underscoring the continuing weak economic conditions in the United States and Europe, market-research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) reports that emerging markets continued to outperform in the hardcopy peripherals space, growing at an average of 13 percent year-over-year in 2011’s first quarter, compared to worldwide shipment growth of 7.2 percent in 2011’s first quarter. According [...]
Visioneer Introduces Scan-to-Cloud Update for OneTouch Scanning Utility—Scan to Google Docs, Evernote, etc.
Visioneer has introduced Visioneer Connect, a set of new links for Visioneer’s OneTouch software utility. Visioneer Connect adds automated scanning to cloud-based document storage and collaboration sites such as Google Docs. OneTouch is a software utility used with Visioneer and Xerox scanners, and can be used to configure the scanner so that with just a [...]
InfoTrends Reports that Business Scanner Use is on the Rise
Business scanning is on the rise, says market-research firm InfoTrends, as more end users convert hardcopy paper documents into digital format, often as part of a content-management system. The overall trend is to streamline business processes—with files now stored on servers and in content-management systems–instead of in manila folders—so that files are much easier to [...]
Worldwide Printer And MFP Shipments Return To Pre-2008 Crisis Levels
The worldwide printer and MFP market has returned to pre-economic crisis 2008 shipment levels, with vendors shipping nearly 31 million units in the third quarter of 2010, reports market-research firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Third-quarter 2010 also marks the second consecutive quarter of double-digit year-over-year growth in both units shipped and shipment value. Total shipments [...]
Consumables’ Revenue Declines By 2% In 2009, Reports Lyra, But Ink-Jet Systems May Help Lead Recovery
The global economic recession has resulted in reduced consumer and business capital expenditures on printers and copiers worldwide, according to a new forecast released by Lyra Research, a market-research firm based in Newtonville, Massachusetts. According to Lyra, an oversupply of printer hardware, cartridges and associated media occurred in late 2008 and early 2009, with dealers [...]
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