The combo printer, copier and multifunctional product (MFP) shipments in EMEA in 2007 totaled 52.6-million units, up 4,3% says Gartner.
This year of growth was driven by demand for MFPs, which outsold printers. Colour-page devices grew again in EMEA (up 34%) but monochrome-page was the predominant office choice (up 18% and 85% share of the page market).
HP held Number 1 position while Lexmark lost market-share trying to pull out of the lower end of the market to focus on high-end workgroup space.
”The current period of unit growth may not continue,” cautions Gartner.
| Vendor | 2007 | 2007 | 2006 | 2006 | 2007-2006 |
| Shipments | (%) | Shipments | (%) | Growth (%) | |
| Hewlett-Packard | 23,221 | 44.1 | 20,723 | 41.1 | 10.8 |
| Canon | 8,337 | 15.8 | 8,124 | 16.1 | 2.5 |
| Epson | 6,661 | 12.7 | 6,296 | 12.5 | 5.5 |
| Lexmark | 3,986 | 7.6 | 5,012 | 9.9 | -25.7 |
| Brother | 3,224 | 6.1 | 2,902 | 5.8 | 10.0 |
| Others | 7,210 | 13.7 | 7,334 | 14.6 | -1.7 |
| Total | 52,637 | 100.0 | 50,392 | 100.0 | 4.3 |