On August 7, International Data Corporation (IDC) released highlights from its “Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker” that show a relatively disappointing second quarter for the Western European hardcopy peripherals market. According to IDC, unit shipments of printers and multifunction peripheral (MFPs) decreased 2.5 percent year-over-year, falling 126,606 units to 4.79 million units. Revenue from the