Monochrome MFPs Are Here to Stay
LYRA RESEARCH
Personal
monochrome laser-based MFPs are frequently viewed as straddling the ink
jet MFP and single-function monochrome laser printer markets. The
direction of this market segment has long been uncertain. Would the
proliferation of ink jet MFPs displace personal monochrome laser-based
MFPs? Would the decline in hardware prices for monochrome laser
printers and their copier/scanner/fax machine counterparts make device
consolidation infeasible?
For a variety of reasons, monochrome laser
MFPs appeal to business customers. Lyra expects the personal monochrome
laser MFP market to experience strong growth in unit shipments and
revenue in the coming years. New models from Brother, Dell, HP, Konica
Minolta, Lexmark, and Samsung are raising the bar for this market
segment. Lyra’s upcoming (free) Webcast, Black-and-White Answers: Why
Monochrome MFPs Are Here to Stay, answers key questions about where
this market segment is headed.
Black-and-White Answers: Why
Monochrome MFPs Are Here to Stay will take place Wednesday, September
27, 2006, at 2 p.m. eastern daylight time. Ann Priede, managing editor
of Lyra’s Hard Copy Observer, will discuss the personal monochrome
laser MFP market and provide information from her new report, also
entitled Black-and-White Answers: Why Monochrome MFPs are Here to Stay,
which will be published in mid-September.