IDC's Japan Quarterly Printer Tracker® satisfies the growing demand for detailed, timely, and accurate information on the Japan printer market. At the core of the product is a comprehensive electronic database detailing changes and trends in this competitive market. It includes powerful query capabilities via analysis filters, such as technology, subtechnology, print-speed ranges, price bands, and format size. This product provides insightful analysis and quarterly updates, including five-year forecasts.

Technology Coverage and Data Segmentation

This tracker provides total market size and vendor share for the following technology areas and segmentations. Measurement for this tracker is in shipments and end-user revenue.

Technologies and subtechnologies:

• Technology: Impact, inkjet, and laser (laser/LED)
• Subtechnology: Color inkjet, color laser (laser/LED), monochrome laser (laser/LED), serial dot matrix, and line
• Product type: Printer

Segmentations:

• Channel: Direct, dealer, distributor, retail, value-added reseller (VAR)/system integrator (SI), and others
• Company size: Home/home office, small office (1–9 employees), small business (10–99 employees), medium-sized business (100–499 employees), large business (500+ employees), and government and education
• Vendor: More than 40 vendors covered; Model: More than 2,000 models covered
• Format size: A2, A3, and A4

Geographic Scope

• Japan

Forecast Coverage

Forecasts for this tracker are updated quarterly and include 14 years of historical data, 1 year of quarterly forecasts, and an additional 4 years of annual market projections. Forecasts are available at the country level. Examples of the segmentations being forecast in this tracker include:

• Technology: Impact, inkjet, and laser (laser/LED)
• Subtechnology: Color inkjet, color laser (laser/LED), monochrome laser (laser/LED), serial dot matrix, and line
• Color inkjet price band: <10,000 yen, 10,000–19,999 yen, 20,000–29,999 yen, 30,000–39,999 yen, and 40,000+ yen
• Color laser speed range: 1–10ppm, 11–20ppm, 21–30ppm, 31–44ppm, 45–69ppm, 70–90ppm, and 91ppm+
• Monochrome laser speed range: 1–20ppm, 21–30ppm, 31–44ppm, 45–69ppm, 70–90ppm, 91–150ppm, and 151ppm+

Delivery Schedule and Deliverables

This tracker is delivered on a quarterly basis with tools such as pivot tables. The delivery schedule for this tracker is as follows:

• Historical data: Week 10 after period closes
• Forecast data: Week 10 after period closes