IDC's United States Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker satisfies the growing demand for detailed, timely, and accurate information on the U.S. hardcopy peripherals (printer, MFP, and digital copier) market. At the core of the product is a comprehensive electronic database detailing changes and trends in this highly competitive market. It includes powerful query capabilities via analysis filters, such as subtechnology, MFP configuration, single-pass/multipass engines, user environment, channel segment, OEM, number of engines, and four discrete print speeds, including letter, A4, and format size. This product provides insightful analysis and quarterly updates that include up to eight-quarter forecasts.

• Printer technologies: Monochrome laser (laser/LED), color laser (laser/LED/solid ink), inkjet, serial dot matrix, and line
• MFP and digital copier (DC): Monochrome laser (laser/LED), color laser (laser/LED/solid ink), and inkjet
• End-user segments: Home, small office (1-9 employees), small business (10-99 employees), medium-sized business (100-499 employees), large business (500-1,000 employees), very large business (1,000+ employees), and government/education
• Distribution channels: Direct, retail, distributor, dealer, value-added reseller (VAR)/systems integrator (SI), and others

• Market size, market share, and trends by product type, technology, speed range, and price band
• More than 60 vendors and more than 10,000 models covered
• Monochrome laser speed ranges: 1-20ppm, 21-30ppm, 31-44ppm, 45-69ppm, 70-90ppm, 91-150ppm (91ppm+ MFP and DC only), 151ppm+ (printer only)
• Color laser speed ranges: 1-10ppm, 11-20ppm, 21-30ppm, 31-44ppm, 45ppm+
• Inkjet price bands: <$100, $100-199, $200-299, $300-399, $400+
• Configuration: Printer-based MFPs, copier-based MFPs, fax-based MFPs
• Vendor performance analyzed by technology, subtechnology, user, distribution channel, speed range, and price band
• Up to forty-nine-quarter historical data by vendor, technology, subtechnology, price band (inkjets), speed range (lasers), and model
• Up to eight-quarter forecasts by technology, subtechnology, price band (inkjets), and speed range (lasers)

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

1. Which vendors are gaining and losing market share in the overall hardcopy peripherals market?
2. How are vendors performing relative to each other by standard function of the peripheral?
3. What are the quarterly market shares for the leading vendors?
4. What shifts are occurring in the sales channels?
5. What shifts are occurring in key end-user segments?

IDC's United States Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker provides a view of the key market trends and ongoing market performance for the world's leading hardcopy peripherals companies. Vendors tracked include:

Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson, Gestetner, HP, IBM, Kodak, Konica-Minolta, Kyocera Mita, Lexmark, Muratec, Océ, Oki, Panasonic, Pitney Bowes, Printronix, Ricoh, Samsung, Savin, Sharp, TallyGenicom, Toshiba, Xeikon, and Xerox.

Subscribers to this product receive quarterly delivery and IDC support, including:

Vendor, product type, technology, speed range, price band, model, base configuration, base engine family (laser/LED), format, personal/shared, feature basis (inkjet printers), single-pass/multipass (color laser), sheetfed/flatbed (MFPs), standard configuration (MFPs), OEM (inkjet), cut-sheet/continuous form, engine/system, end-user segments, distribution channel, unit shipments, value of shipments, average street value

• Week 6: Preliminary printer and MFP data (pivot table)
• Week 7: Final historical printer, MFP, and digital copier data (pivot table)
• Week 10: Final printer and MFP forecasts and textual analysis (Web, Excel, and pdf)

IDC's United States Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker is available on the Web. The data is accessed through a flexible, interactive interface. Results of queries can be viewed directly or downloaded to a PC. Preliminary data is delivered via an Excel pivot table.

As a privately held company, IDC believes that our customers are our primary constituency. A large percentage of every revenue dollar is reinvested back into our products, including more analysts, more geographic coverage, and extensive primary research.

Our steady growth over the past 10-plus years reflects our commitment to investing in our customers.