Category: Printers & Copiers
Printers & Copiers market research reports by IDC
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IDC MarketScape Criteria: Worldwide Print Security Solutions and Services Hardcopy 2025 Vendor Assessment
This IDC Market Perspective provides a description of the market definitions and assessment criteria for IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Print Security Solutions and Services Hardcopy 2025 Vendor Assessment (forthcoming)."Enterprises must prioritize print and document security as digital transformation a ... Read More
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U.S. Laser A3/A4 MFP Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for the U.S. laser A3/A4 MFP market. Unit shipments, value of shipments, and average selling value (ASV) information is presented. Data for 2022–2024 is actual, whereas data for 2025–2029 is projected. Shipments, value of shipments, and ASVs in this study ... Read More
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U.S. Laser A3/A4 MFP Market Shares, 2024: A4 Resumes Annual Market Share Gain
This IDC study provides a review of the 2024 U.S. laser A3/A4 multifunction peripheral (MFP) market and vendor shares. Shipments, value of shipments, and ASVs in this study match data reported in IDC's 4Q24 Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker."In the prior three years, A3 MFPs again gai ... Read More
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How Ready Are European Channel Partners to Support Xerox's Reinvention Strategy?
This IDC Market Perspective examines Xerox's readiness to execute on its Reinvention strategy with a partner-led approach in Europe, factoring in its planned acquisition of Lexmark. It includes an extract from IDC's 2024 Western European Print Vendor Channel Support Program Assessment, comparing Lex ... Read More
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Navigating Current Business Challenges and the Future of Office Printing — Insights from Print Vendors
This IDC Market Perspective presents responses from a brief survey IDC conducted with all major print and copy OEMs in March and April 2025. The survey aimed to capture an overall market assessment of the hardcopy industry. We used 10 open-ended questions for respondents to elaborate their thoughts ... Read More
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Konica Minolta Adds White to AccurioPresses
This IDC Market Note highlights some of the advantages Konica Minolta‘s (KM’s) new AccurioPress production printing solutions offer. The new generation of KM’s AccurioPress adds a fifth color to Konica Minolta’s focus on quality and automation. ... Read More
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Print Vendors Must Develop Stronger Channel Program Support to Ease Transformation
This IDC Market Perspective explores feedback from channel partners on the ability of print vendors to provide support for a transforming market. Transformation was just one of eight criteria on which channel partners were asked to rate their vendor partners as part of IDC's 2024 Western European Pr ... Read More
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HP Amplify: New Large Format Latex Printer and Software, AI, and Robot Tech for Print
This IDC Market Note highlights some of the new large format printer products and services HP Inc. announced at the recent Amplify event. The new products include the HP Latex R530, a new hybrid flatbed/roll-to-roll large format printer that should compete with UV hybrid printers. ... Read More
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Western Europe Business Inkjet Shares, 2024: Strong Performances from Market Leaders
This IDC Market Share will examine dynamics, the winners and losers, and technologies that are emerging as major opportunities in the Western European business inkjet market in 2024."Fast market growth in 2024 came on the back of increases in desktop ink tank systems. Ink cartridge systems still com ... Read More
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Hardcopy Vendor Financials, 4Q24: Xerox Announces Plans to Acquire Lexmark, Economic Improvement Slows
This IDC Market Perspective contains excerpts from public financial disclosures by leading hardcopy vendors and details the impact of inflation, economic uncertainty, and other issues facing hardcopy vendors on performance and forecasts.“In the fourth quarter, the hardcopy market was steady but unsp ... Read More
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What We Saw: U.S. Consumer and Office Print Activity, 4Q24
This IDC Market Perspective provides an update on office and consumer printer shipment activity in the fourth quarter of 2024 for the United States.“Printer and MFP shipments underperformed expectations in 4Q24, as economic uncertainty dampened consumer and enterprise enthusiasm, causing fourth-quar ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Data Management and Governance Practices to Boost Modernization
This IDC PeerScape explores how organizations can adopt data governance models that boost modernization and security practices, thereby improving data quality and access and driving better business decisions."An effective program aligns data governance elements with AI strategy. It prioritizes criti ... Read More
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Worldwide Digital Packaging and Label Printer Forecast, 2025-2028
This IDC study covers hardware shipments and hardware revenue for the worldwide digital package printing market. In composite, the digital package printing market is growing at a double-digit rate, both for shipments and hardware revenue. This is happening even as faster, more automated analog (offs ... Read More
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Future of Workspaces Unveiled: Office Innovations Demonstrated at ISE 2025
With 85,000 visitors to its 2025 edition, ISE is currently the most important European event for audiovisual applications and a must for system integrators willing to innovate in the corporate space. IDC regularly visits the show as part of its smart office research."In 2025, ISE once again provided ... Read More
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U.S. Production Print Market Shares, 2024: Driving Value in Challenging Times
This IDC study reviews the U.S. production print market performance in 2024.“The production print market continues to transition as the analog-to-digital paradigm shifts,” said Tim Greene, research director, Hardcopy Solutions at IDC. “Suppliers of high-speed digital printing equipment that have dem ... Read More
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PFU Introduces Significant Enhancements in Scanner Software Update
This IDC Market Note highlights some of the new features that PFU is providing in the recently released update to its PaperStream scanning software. End users benefit from the software being so much easier to use, the organizations benefit from higher quality and greater productivity, and dealers be ... Read More
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U.S. Printer and MFP Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study quantifies the U.S. single-function printer and multifunction peripheral market opportunities in detail, analyzing issues, trends, and product advances in these markets. Unit shipments, value of shipments, and average selling value (ASV) information is presented. Data for 2022–2024 is ... Read More
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North America Wide Format Digital Printer Market Shares, 2024: HP Inc. and Canon Grow, Segments Shift
This IDC study reviews the North American market for wide format digital printing systems for 2024."2024 was the kind of year that forces wide format digital printing solutions providers in North America to evolve," said Tim Greene, research director, Hardcopy Solutions at IDC. "For the second year ... Read More
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Western Europe Single Function Printer Forecast, 2025–2029: Market Constantly Declining but Still Sizeable
This report discusses IDC's market forecast for single-function printers (both laser and inkjet) for the 2025-2029 period by technology and country detail in the Western Europe (WE) market."IDC expects that in the next five years, an aggregate of over 7.2 million single function printers will be sol ... Read More
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The Impact of AI on Printing Volumes in Europe: Accelerating Efficiency, Digitalization, and Workflow Automation
This IDC Market Note discusses how the increasing adoption and integration of AI will impact printing volumes in office and home environments. ... Read More
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Western Europe Printer Market Shares, 2024: Market Remains Sizeable Despite Decline
This IDC Market Share discusses the dynamics and vendor share development of the single-function printer market in Western Europe in 2024.Although the single-function printer market in Western Europe has been declining over the last 10 years, it remains of significant size and offers manufacturers a ... Read More
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Western Europe Hardcopy Forecast, 2025-2029
This IDC Market Forecast study quantifies the Western European hardcopy market in detail, analyzing details, issues, trends, and product advances. This report contains IDC's review and forecast of the Western European hardcopy market for 2025-2029."Growth opportunities are becoming more difficult to ... Read More
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Western Europe Hardcopy Market Shares, 2024: Print Is Still in Demand
This IDC Market Share report will examine dynamics of the Western European hardcopy industry in 2024, the winners and losers, and the technologies that are emerging as major opportunities. ... Read More
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U.S. Printer and MFP Market Shares, 2024: Shipments Decline for Most Vendors as Economic Uncertainty Reigns
This IDC study provides vendor market shares for the printer and MFP market in 2024."Print vendors saw another year of declining shipments and value in 2024, as the return to office continued to slow while economic uncertainty continued to suppress business growth. ASPs, which were boosted by return ... Read More
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Worldwide Document Workflow Automation and Optimization Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study provides the worldwide forecast for the document workflow automation and optimization market for 2025–2029.“Managing intricate workflows across different departments, systems, and locations can be a major challenge for many organizations,” says Robert Palmer, research vice president f ... Read More
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