Abstract
This IDC study examines five vendors in the U.S. hardcopy market that have consistently targeted growth in share of color hardcopy pages for the past few years: Canon, HP, Konica Minolta, the Ricoh family, and Xerox. These vendors have been challenged by Dell, Sharp, and Lexmark in the enterprise environment. This study reviews the trends of the top 5 vendors in the production environments of production color 45ppm+ MFPs, high-end color systems (HECS), and highlight color, and it provides a current profile providing the foundation for future growth. "Production color vendors will be continually challenged to create the next fresh case for a color production job to migrate from offset to digital." - Sue Lyon, research director, IDC Hardcopy Peripherals and Document Solutions
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Methodology
- Executive Summary
- Situation Overview
- Introduction
- Table: U.S. Color Enterprise and Production Printers and MFP Shipment Share by Top 5 Vendor, 2004-2006 (%)
- Table: U.S. Color Enterprise and Production Printer and MFP Shipment Value Share by Top 5 Vendor, 2004-2006 (%)
- Table: U.S. Production Color Environment Shipments by Segment, 2004-2006
- Table: U.S. Production Color Environment Shipment Value by Segment, 2004-2006 ($000)
- Table: U.S. Production Color Environment Shipment Share by Segment, 2004-2006 (%)
- Table: U.S. Production Color Environment Shipment Value Share by Segment, 2004-2006 (%)
- Table: U.S. Production Color Environment Shipment Share by Top 5 Vendor, 2004-2006 (%)
- Table: U.S. Production Color Environment Shipment Value Share by Top 5 Vendor, 2004-2006 (%)
- Table: U.S. Production Color 45ppm+ MFP Shipment Share by Top 5 Vendor, 2004-2006 (%)
- Table: U.S. Production Color 45ppm+ MFP Shipment Value Share by Top 5 Vendor, 2004-2006 (%)
- Table: U.S. Production Color 45ppm+ MFP Products by Ratio of Average Shipment Value and Color Speed, 2007
- Table: U.S. High-End Color System Shipment Share by Top 5 Vendor, 2004-2006 (%)
- Table: U.S. High-End Color Systems Shipment Value Share by Top 5 Vendor, 2004-2006 (%)
- Table: U.S. High-End Color System Products by Ratio of Average Shipment Value and Color Speed, 2007
- Table: U.S. Highlight Color Shipment Share by Top 5 Vendor, 2004-2006 (%)
- Table: U.S. Highlight Color Shipment Value Share by Top 5 Vendor, 2004-2006 (%)
- Table: U.S. Highlight Color Products by Ratio of Average Shipment Value and Color Speed, 2007
- Compare and Contrast
- Market Strategies
- Future Outlook
- Vendor Profiles
- Canon
- Applications/Workflow
- Products
- Table: Canon Production Color Products, 2007
- Key Event in 2007
- Coverage
- HP
- Applications/Workflow
- Products
- Table: HP Production Color Products, 2007
- Coverage
- Key Event in 2007
- Konica Minolta
- Applications/Workflow
- Products
- Table: Konica Minolta Production Color Products, 2007
- Coverage
- Key Event in 2007
- Ricoh
- Applications/Workflow
- Products
- Table: Ricoh Family Production Color Products, 2007
- Key Events/Coverage in 2007
- Xerox
- Applications/Workflow
- Products
- Table: Xerox Production Color Products, 2007
- Coverage
- Key Events/Announcements in 2007
- Canon
- What Will Happen
- Vendor Profiles
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis

