IDC's European Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker is designed to assist hardware vendors and other client segments to track market trends and opportunities in the converging hardcopy peripherals markets in Western Europe. A major focus is analysis of the rate of convergence between printers and copiers in the hardcopy arena. The service will provide vendors with unique research for tracking and positioning multifunction peripheral (MFP) products, printers, and digital copiers, whether these are low-end consumer products, office products, or high-end production machines. Shipments and value of shipments are provided by end-user (home, small business, medium-sized business, large business, and government/education) and channel (direct sales, distributor/aggregator, dealer, retail, and VAR/SI) segments.

This product covers the following segments and markets:

• Western European printer market
• Western European MFP market
• Western European digital copier market
• Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the U.K.

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

• Hardcopy peripheral shipments in units and revenue
• Hardcopy trends, analysis, and forecast

This service addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

• How do vendor shares compare across the competing product and technology segments?
• How do forecasts compare across the competing product and technology segments?
• How do channel and sector splits compare across the competing product and technology segments?
• How does pricing compare across the competing product and technology segments?

IDC's European Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker service examines how printer vendors are positioning themselves to compete in the hardcopy peripherals market. This service reviews the strategies, market positioning, and future direction of several providers in Western Europe, including:

Brother, Canon, Danka, Dell, Epson, HP, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Lanier, Lexmark, NRG, Océ, Oki, Olivetti, Panasonic, Philips, Pitney Bowes, Ricoh, Sagem, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba, and Xerox.

Throughout the year, this product will offer insight into the latest trends impacting the market.

MFP, digital copier, and printer by speed, paper format, channel, and sector.

MFP, digital copier, and printer units and value.

Week 8: Final data delivered by Excel pivot table.

This analysis will provide detailed information and analysis of leading technologies and identify several key industry trends.

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