US Printer, Multifunction-Device Sales Fall 4.2%
Sales of printers and multifunction products fell 4.2% in the second quarter to a total of 7.7 million units amid poor sales of photo printers, industry-tracker Gartner Inc. said on Tuesday.Also weighing on unit shipments was a move by many vendors to stop bundling free printers with purchases of computers or digital cameras, the researcher said.Hewlett-Packard Co. easily continued to dominate shipments of both inkjet and page-printer shipments with a 56.4% and 42.7% respective share of the markets.H-P and Canon Inc. were the only top-tier vendors to enjoy growth in the market for inkjet printers and multifunction devices, which also allow users to do things like make copies and send faxes, Gartner said.
Tonernews.com, September 6, 2006. USA