Spending on copier-based MFPs tops $1 billion--and is growing.(multifunction products)(Statistical Data Included)

Purchasing, November, 1999

OEMs are introducing copier-based multifunction products, seemingly in droves. But are corporate purchasing managers buying the devices? According to Dataquest, they are warming up to the technology. Shipments of digital copiers equipped to handle computer printing jumped 166% in 1998, with end-user spending of $1.3 billion, says the market research arm of GartnerGroup.

Dataquest estimates that in 1998 there were a total of 387,000 monochrome digital copiers sold in the U.S. Of these, 284,000 were in Segments 1 through 4, and designed for general office use with operating speeds ranging from 12 to 69 cpm. In completing a detailed model-level analysis of these 284,000 digital copiers, Dataquest estimates that 88,000 were installed with print...

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