The Canadian MFP/Copier Market: Fourth Quarter 2003
The fourth quarter was a mixed bag for the document imaging world. The business multifunction and SOHO markets enjoyed solid growth, the business single function market remained flat, and the fax- based MFP market weathered a downturn.
In the business multifunction arena, vendors successfully ended a two-quarter long period of virtually no growth with a stellar Q4. Shipments increased an impressive 39%. Xerox took first place from Canon in the vendor standings and the recently formed Konica Minolta came in third.
Printer Market in Canada Fourth Quarter 2003
Shipments of single function mono lasers totaled 84,440 units in the fourth quarter – up a scant 1% compared with the prior quarter and six percent compared wit the same period of 2002. The final tally for the year was 317,841 which represented an increase of nine percent over 2002.