US Printer, Multifunction-Device Sales Fall 4.2%
Sales
of printers and multifunction products fell 4.2% in the second quarter
to a total of 7.7 million units amid poor sales of photo printers,
industry-tracker Gartner Inc. said on Tuesday.Also weighing on unit
shipments was a move by many vendors to stop bundling free printers
with purchases of computers or digital cameras, the researcher
said.Hewlett-Packard Co. easily continued to dominate shipments of
both inkjet and page-printer shipments with a 56.4% and 42.7%
respective share of the markets.H-P and Canon Inc. were the only
top-tier vendors to enjoy growth in the market for inkjet printers and
multifunction devices, which also allow users to do things like make
copies and send faxes, Gartner said.