IDC's Hardcopy Peripherals: Overview service offers forecasts, market shares, and analysis of the hardcopy peripherals hardware market. Data and analysis include both U.S. and worldwide views of the printer, copier, and multifunction peripheral (MFP) markets. This service provides hardcopy vendors with a comprehensive, integrated view of the total marketplace and identifies trends and opportunities. In conjunction with IDC's other hardcopy services, this service highlights the strategic and tactical information necessary to develop, market, and position total document output solutions. IDC's Hardcopy Peripherals: Overview service can be packaged with any of the following complementary services: Hardcopy Peripherals: User and Channel Data, Hardcopy Peripherals: Software and Services, and Hardcopy Peripherals: Production and Large Format Markets.

This service covers the following segments of the U.S. and worldwide hardcopy peripheral markets:

• Printers by technology and speed
• MFPs by technology and speed
• Copiers by technology and speed
• Total hardcopy peripheral market opportunity

Throughout the year, this service will address the following topics:

• Market opportunity based on an integrated forecast of digital copiers, printers, and MFPs
• The direction of the U.S. and worldwide copier, printer, and MFP markets over the forecast period, including the leaders and laggards in these markets
• Drivers and inhibitors of success in the printer, MFP, and digital copier markets

Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. How are hardcopy peripheral market opportunities changing?
2. How are major vendors faring in the changing landscape of single-function and multifunction peripherals?
3. What should hardcopy peripheral vendors do to better compete in this changing market?
4. How quickly is the market shifting from black-and-white-only devices to color-capable machines?
5. How do the U.S. and worldwide forecasts for printers, MFPs, and copiers compare, and where are the opportunities?

IDC's Hardcopy Peripherals: Overview service analyzes the product strategies, competitive positioning, financial viability, and overall strategic direction of major providers in the copier, printer, and MFP markets. Examples of companies tracked include:

Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson, HP, IKON, Infoprint, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita, Lexmark, Océ Imagistics, Oki, Panasonic, Ricoh, Riso Kagaku, Samsung, Sharp, TallyGenicom, Toshiba, and Xerox.

This service focuses on the following core research. In addition to the insight provided in this service, IDC may conduct additional research on specific topics, or emerging market segments, via research offerings that require additional IDC funding and client investment.

This series of studies reveals the year-end vendor market shares in each product category. Additionally, these studies project the market's outlook for the upcoming year.

and Analysis

These studies analyze and forecast the U.S. and worldwide market opportunities for copiers, printers, and MFPs. Unit shipments, value of shipments, and average selling prices are provided.

These studies analyze and forecast the U.S. and worldwide opportunities for printers. The forecasts include unit shipments, value of shipments, and average selling prices.

These studies analyze and forecast the U.S. and worldwide opportunities for copiers. The forecasts include unit shipments, value of shipments, and average selling prices.

These studies analyze and forecast the U.S. and worldwide opportunities for MFPs. The forecasts include unit shipments, value of shipments, and average selling prices.

These studies provide a midyear update of the printer and MFP market forecasts published earlier in the year. These updates refresh the printer and MFP forecasts, with insight based on shipment activity from the first half of the year.

This study details IDC's top predictions for the hardcopy marketplace over the next 12-18 months. These predictions typically explore MFP/SFP shifts, the black-to-color transition, go-to-market strategies, potential merger/acquisitions, document solutions/services activities, and more.

IDC publishes a weekly news summary that details the hardcopy peripheral market events that occur during a given week.

IDC offers a complete market intelligence solution customized to meet your business requirements. The array of products and services available to you includes:

• The opportunity to have your specific questions answered through personal interaction with industry experts who cover the topics and markets in your service
• Around-the-clock access to our market intelligence on idc.com, IDC's personalized Web experience
• A view of the market's future with 12 months of continuous intelligence about its direction and the reasons behind it, along with actionable advice for taking advantage of existing and emerging opportunities
• Special client discount pricing on purchases of research from other services
• Complimentary admission to IDC's annual Directions conference, where you'll hear our latest forecasts and network with IDC analysts and other industry professionals
• Complimentary invitations to monthly executive telebriefings, interactive forums designed to provide you with insights about research and strategies directly from IDC analysts

To find out how our flexible packaging options can meet your specific business needs, please contact your IDC sales executive.

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