On February 21, International Data Corporation (IDC) released some of the findings from its latest “Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker.” In the fourth quarter of 2018, worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals (printers, copiers, MFPs) totaled approximately 26.7 million units. That is down 4.8 percent compared with the Q4 2017 (see “IDC Reports Growth in the