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Quocirca: Print Industry Sees Innovation Opportunity

Overall, positive sentiment is improving compared with the previous survey.

Shipping companies are warning there could be delays in products being shipped.

The decline may be due to a severe shortage of devices and not to be blamed on demand.

Goods from China rose 66% from 2018 to the first quarter of 2021.

In the inkjet segment, demand for printers remained strong from the home segment.

Shipment value also increased during the quarter with year-over-year growth of 10.8% to $10.9 billion.

This was the third quarter in a row that the HCP market increased in Western Europe in terms of unit shipments.

Despite being slower than other infrastructure on the journey to the cloud, Fernandes says the way we print is changing.

Coupled with close to half of all organizations (47.7%) expecting a reduction in print devices.

Only one-quarter of respondents in a 30 nation survey believe a return to normal is possible within six months.