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Konica Minolta is partnering
with the St Bride Foundation
to teach future generations
about the value of print as
part of the communications
mix. The St Bride Foundation,
based off Fleet Street in what
was originally the Printing
School, boasts a workshop full
of historic printing systems, a
library of world-class exhibits
and a theatre. As Platinum Print
Heritage Partner, Konica Minolta
will help the charity preserve its
collection of printing artefacts
and educate the public about
print through guided tours and
other activities.
winter 2014
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Double-digit growth
Further evidence of recovery in the imaging
market is provided by new figures from
market research company Context, which
show that hardware imaging shipments in
the UK were 27% higher in Q3 2013 than
in the same period in 2012. Germany and
Spain also recorded double-digit growth,
as Western Europe achieved year-on-year
growth of 7%.
Context imaging analyst Zivile
Brazdziunaite said: “Year-on-year unit
shipments across EMEA registered a positive
growth in the third quarter of this year mainly
due to HP which increased sell-in levels into
EMEA by 17%. HP holds over 40% share
in total shipments for this period and saw
positive growth through all imaging categories
year-on-year.”
Growing business demand is
lifting the Western European
hardcopy market out of
recession, as IDC reports a
second consecutive quarter
of year-on-year growth. Its
analysis shows that in Q3
2013 the number of units
shipped increased by 3.6%
to over 5.76 million units,
compared with 5.56 million
units a year ago.
Phil Sargeant, program
director of IDC’s Western
European Imaging Hardware
Devices and Document
Solutions Group, said: “A second
growth quarter clearly shows
that market recovery is gaining
momentum and the recent
gains of CY2Q were not just a
blip. Business and commercial
markets continue to lead the
way with positive growth, while
consumer markets remain flat
but at least haven’t declined
further and have stabilised.”
Arnaud Gagneux, director of
IDC’s Western European Imaging
Printing and Document Solutions
Group, said: “We are seeing
strong demand for document
management solutions and
managed services, which is
driving sales of smart devices,
printers or multifunctions that
can communicate with a wider
mobile infrastructure. Business
inkjet is also becoming a
profitable niche in the market
with more products being made
available.”
The inkjet market increased
year-on-year by 2.6%, driven by
a 25.6% increase in business
inkjet sales. The laser market
grew by 6.5%, with a 7.5%
increase in monochrome
devices, compared to 4.5%
growth for colour devices. Serial
impact dot matrix markets
declined year-on-year by 36.7%.
Of the big three European
markets, the U.K. showed
the largest year-on-year
percentage growth of 12.1%.
The laser market grew slightly
and the inkjet market showed
solid growth of 15%, with
the business inkjet market
almost doubling in size and the
consumer inkjet market growing
by almost 10%.
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11 Lexmark evolves
12 Banking on HP
14 Cover story
17 BETT preview
19 Oki diversifies
20 Modern MFPs
24 2014 predictions
30 Mobile printing
Recovery gathers momentum as printer sales grow
for second quarter in a row
Entry-level
mono printers
Brother is addressing the
enduring appeal of mono
printing with a series of entry-
level mono laser printers/MFPs
for home users and micro
businesses printing up to 500
pages a month. Costing from
£55, the compact personal
devices print at 20 pages per
minute and have a 150-sheet
paper tray. Consumables
include a 1,000-page toner
cassette (£41.99) and a
10,000-page drum (£77.99),
giving a cost per page of
around 5p at 5% coverage.
There are three models in the
series: the HL-1110 printer
(£55); the DCP-1510 printer,
copier, colour scanner (£119);
and the MFC-1810 printer,
copier, colour scanner and fax
with 10-sheet ADF (£139).
Sales of business inkjets like HP’s Officejet
Pro X Series were up more than 25%.
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