IDC's United States Quarterly Photo Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker fills the demand for detailed, timely, and accurate information on the photo hardcopy peripherals market. This product is the first of its kind providing market sizing data for the U.S. photo hardcopy peripherals market. This tracker includes many detailed data filters, such as product type, print technology, format size, digital camera and PC I/O type, network options, storage media slots, type of supplies, ASVs, units, and more.

• Product types covered: Printers and MFPs
• Formats/technologies covered: Photo inkjet (A3), photo inkjet (A4), and photo inkjet and dye sublimation (A6) devices
• More than 200 models tracked with more than 30 detailed data filters per model, allowing for in-depth analysis of the photo hardcopy peripherals market

• Market size and market share for shipments and end-user spending
• Market trends by product type, technology, vendor, model, digital camera connectivity, number and type of storage media slots (CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Secure Digital, xD, and so on), number of inks, supply type, and many other features
• Quarterly data available from 1Q02 to the current quarter

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

1. Which vendors are gaining and losing market share in the U.S. photo hardcopy peripherals market?
2. Which vendors are gaining and losing market share in the small-format photo hardcopy peripherals market?
3. What are the current product trends in storage media support and digital camera connectivity?
4. What are the quarterly market shares for the leading vendors?
5. What are the current trends in ink technology by product type?

IDC's United States Quarterly Photo Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker provides a view of key market trends and the ongoing market performance of the top vendors, including Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson, HP, Kodak, Lexmark, Olympus, and Sony.

Clients receive quarterly delivery and IDC support, including:

Segmentation

• Product type
• Technology
• Vendor
• Model
• Sheetfed/flatbed (MFPs only)
• Format (including small format)
• Number of inks
• Supply type
• LCD
• Camera docking station
• Video out
• USB 1.0, USB 2.0
• PictBridge
• Parallel
• Bluetooth
• 802.11x
• Number of memory slots
• CompactFlash, CompactFlash II
• SmartMedia
• Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro
• Secure Digital
• xD
• Units
• ASV

Delivery Schedule

• Week 11

Delivery Method

• Excel pivot table

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