IDC's Australia Monthly Printer and Inkjet MFP Tracker® has been designed with the specific objective of providing fast and continuous market intelligence, with the shortest research turnaround time to serve the requirements of Australia hardcopy peripheral vendors locally. The program has the distinction of being one of IDC's only two comprehensive supply-side market tracking exercises, with a monthly frequency in the entire Asia/Pacific region (IDC New Zealand being the second country to run a similar program). The results of research for a given month are released in the following month, as opposed to a two-month reporting time required by IDC's traditional quarterly trackers. The program covers four different technologies: single-function laser printers, single-function inkjet printers, multifunction inkjet printers, and serial dot matrix printers. Monthly research on the multifunction laser device market is available separately, due to its complexity, through another dedicated program called Australia Monthly Laser Multifunction Device Tracker.

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

Technologies and subtechnologies:

• Single-function laser printers
• Single-function inkjet printers
• Multifunction inkjet printers
• Serial dot matrix printers

Segmentations:

• Vendor
• Model
• Technology
• Paper size
• Price band
• Speed range
• Distribution channel segment
• End-user segment

Geographic Scope

• Australia

Delivery Schedule and Deliverables

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

• Historical data: Last working day of the month
• Forecast data: Week 10 after period closes