Four times a year, IDC's Latin America Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker® provides detailed, highly segmented tracking of single-function printers, multifunctional printers (MFPs), and single-function digital copier shipments by technology, vendor, laser-speed range, price band, user segment (horizontal market), and channel. Countries covered are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and the rest of Latin America. Rolling eight-quarter and five-year forecasts are updated on a quarterly basis by country — for dot matrix, inkjet, and laser technologies — and by product type.

Technology Coverage and Data Segmentation

This tracker provides total market size and vendor share for the following technology areas and segmentations. Measurements for this tracker are in unit shipments and end-user value.

Technologies and subtechnologies:

• Technology: Dot matrix, laser, and inkjet
• Single function versus multifunction
• Inkjet price bands and laser and dot matrix by speed ranges
• Vendor and market evolution

Segmentations:

• Channels: Direct inbound, direct outbound, retail, and reseller (dealer, VAR/systems integrator [SI], and distributor)
• End-user segments: Home, small office (1–9 employees), small business (10–99 employees), medium-sized business (100–249 employees), medium-sized/large business (250–499 employees), large business (500–999 employees), enterprise (1,000+ employees), and government

Geographic Scope

• Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and the rest of Latin America)

Forecast Coverage

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

• Price band for inkjet
• Speed band for laser
• Monochrome versus color
• Single function versus multifunction

Delivery Schedule and Deliverables

This tracker is delivered on a quarterly basis with Excel pivot tables. The delivery schedule for this tracker is:

• Historical analysis published: Week 7 after period closes
• Forecast and forecast analysis published: Week 10 after period closes