Domestic sales of inkjet multifunctional peripherals (MFP) in the second quarter reached 108,818 units, representing an increase of 6.2 percent from the first quarter but a decrease of 10.2 percent from the same period last year, market researcher IDC said yesterday.
??nkjet MFP has achieved 70 percent penetration of the individual and home-based segments, but IDC?? research shows that it is also quickly gaining traction in the small business and home office segments,??IDC analyst Joey Yen (?渲?甈? said in a report yesterday.
Hewlett-Packard Co (HP) and Epson Inc dominate the local inkjet MFP market with market shares of 46.4 percent and 40.1 percent respectively. Coming in a distant third is US print and imaging company, Lexmark Corp, with an 8.3 percent market share, replacing Canon Inc in the second quarter, the report said.
??nkjet MFP manufacturers are releasing new wireless printers with fax functionality,??Yen said. ??oreover, these companies are lowering the unit price for inkjet MFP and ink cartridges, as well as launching various promotions to boost sales.??br />
??ll these additional functions and savings are luring customers away from conventional inkjet single function printers [SFP],??Yen said.
Based on IDC?? second-quarter analysis, MFP took up 65.6 percent of the entire inkjet market, leaving 35 percent, or 57,118 units, to SFP. MFP has been leading the inkjet market by a wide margin over SFP for eight consecutive quarters.
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