Canon tops in copiers

Office Solutions, May/Jun 2006

Canon U.S A Inc. has been named the number one overall brand leader in the color copier market and in every speed segment of the blackand-white copier market in the United States, according to the market research firm Gartner Dataquest.

Canon held the number one brand market share position in the color copier market for 2005 with 31 percent share. This is the 19th consecutive year that Canon has been the overall market brand leader in the U.S. color laser copier market.

In addition, it's the fourth consecutive year that Canon has captured the number one position in every speed segment of the blackand-white copier market in the United States and the 23rd time in the last 34 years that Canon has been the number one overall brand leader in the black-and-white copier market, with 37 percent share.

The Gartner Dataquest research studies focused on market share for color and black-and-white copiers of both digital and analog technology, including PC copiers (1-10 ppm) and copiers in Segments 1-6, which range in speed from 11-91 cpm.