On December 3, International Data Corporation (IDC) announced that worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals, defined as printers, copiers, and MFPs, grew to 28.1 million units in the third quarter of 2013, marking a 2.6 percent increase from the year-ago period.IDC’s “Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker” has reported shipment declines in each of the seven previous