The market surveying agency IDC published its new report about the global market of printing devices. In the report it stated that the worldwide hardcopy peripherals market grew 3.6% year over year with 34 million units shipped in the fourth quarter of 2009. Driven by the continued popularity of multifunction printers (MFPs), this represents the first year-over-year gain in the market since the second quarter of 2008. Although shipment values declined 4.6% year over year to $14.3 billion in 4Q 09, this was the slowest rate of decline since 3Q 08.
In previous quarters, IDC says, the key bright spot in the overall hardcopy peripherals market worldwide has been the color laser MFP market. In 4Q 09, monochrome laser MFPs took that honor with 9.3% year-over-year growth, relegating the color laser MFP market to second-tier status among major market segments with 8.0% growth.
Diag. 1:
Worldwide Hardcopy Peripherals Market Share and Year-Over-Year Growth, Fourth Quarter 2009
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Worldwide Hardcopy Peripherals Market Share and Year-Over-Year Growth, 2009
Source: www.idc.com
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