On February 17, International Data Corporation (IDC) published its “Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker” for the fourth quarter of 2011. Shipments of hardcopy peripherals such as printers, copiers, and MFPs, fell 4.5 percent compared with the year-ago period to 34.9 million units.Back when the research firm reported its third-quarter findings (see “IDC Says Hardcopy Hardware
