The worldwide market for low-end monochrome laser MFPs is finally improving following several dismal years. With the Western European hardware market finally showing some signs of life, printer vendors are jockeying for market share in this market segment. UK-based market research firm CONTEXT has shared some vendor market-share data for monochrome laser MFPs with print
InfoTrends has published an interesting look at how the North American office-equipment market fared in 2013 in terms of shipments and market share. Rival research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) recently reported its estimates for the worldwide hardcopy peripheral market for the fourth quarter and full year 2013 (see “Worldwide Hardcopy Peripheral Market Kept Growing
On March 19, Epson announced Email Print for Enterprise, a server-based software system that enables documents to be sent to printers via email without the need for driver installation or application downloads. Email Print for Enterprise is both a push- and pull-print solution that offers added security by keeping documents within the company firewall. Print
On March 19, at its “Future of Business Printing 2014” event in Vienna, Epson unveiled a bold new plan to penetrate the business printing market with inkjet technology. As part of this endeavor, the company announced 18 new inkjet devices that use its PrecisionCore print heads. Three of these machines use interesting new ink bags
Earlier this month, UniNet, one of the remanufacturing industry’s chief component suppliers, announced a slew of new products for remanufacturers. The firm’s latest offerings include solutions for the Epson, Lexmark, Samsung, and Xerox laser devices, but one of the most long-awaited of these solutions is chips for Lexmark’s T650 series monochrome laser printers. New Products
International Data Corporation (IDC) has released a study on the hardcopy peripherals market in India for the 2013 calendar year. Overall, the report shows that shipments declined by 0.1 percent year-over-year to 3.1 million units. “Both consumer and commercial markets were weak in the first half of 2013, but with the help of aggressive consumer
In a pair of previous article on CONTEXT’s inkjet all-in-one data in Western Europe (see “Top-Selling Inkjet All-in-Ones in Western Europe” and “CONTEXT Examines Low-End Inkjet AIO Share in Western European Markets”), we noted that while most of the top-selling inkjet all-in-ones are consumer- or small-office/home-office (SOHO)-oriented devices, inkjet vendors are increasingly focusing on business-class
International Data Corporation (IDC) announced on February 19 that the worldwide market for hardcopy peripherals, defined as printers, copiers, and MFPs, grew for the second consecutive quarter during the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to the same period the year prior. Data from the Framingham, MA-based market research firm’s “Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker” indicated
For the past couple of years, business inkjet machines have gotten a lot of attention. Sales of higher-end business units are up as hardware vendors realize that most of their future growth opportunities will come from sales to office users rather than to home users. With that said, however, the number of lower-end units shipped
In separate statements released on February 13, Epson and Ricoh announced they have joined the Mopria Alliance. Formed last September by a group of hardcopy industry heavyweights including Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung Electronics, and Xerox, the nonprofit alliance says its mission is “to promote, simplify, and increase accessibility of wireless printing from smartphones, tablets, and other