Hardcopy Printer Shipment Segment Grows 8.6%

Notable highlights from the third quarter include:

• Year-over-year increases in unit shipments were observed in the three largest regional markets – the United States, Western Europe, and China. The growth was stimulated by increased working and learning from home, which require affordable printers for home-based printing.
• HP Inc. and Canon posted significant year-over-year growth in global shipments at 22.7% and 12.1% respectively.
• Both the inkjet and laser markets posted year-over-year growth in 3Q20, registering gains of 13.8% and 2.0% respectively.

• IDC tracks A2-A4 devices whose primary application is document printing in the Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker.
• Hardcopy Peripherals include single-function printers, multifunction printers (MFPs), and single-function digital copiers (SF DC).
• Data for all vendors are reported for calendar periods.

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