CII -- Color ink jets ran away with end-of-year printer sales; Printer sales through channels up 42% over last year.LA JOLLA La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996-- Recent research from Computer Intelligence InfoCorp (CII CII Confederation of Indian Industry CII Chartered Insurance Institute (UK) CII Construction Industry Institute (University of Texas) CII Council of Institutional Investors ), indicates that color ink jets See inkjet printer. accounted for 71 percent of printers sold through StoreBoard sales channels in December 1995. CII's StoreBoard database tracks U.S. sales channel performance and trends for microsystems, printers and software. In December 1995, printer sales in StoreBoard channels reached the $499 million mark, and total 1995 printer sales amounted to $3.72 billion, which is up 20 percent over the previous year-end total. Color ink jets were the fastest-moving printer technology in 1995, garnering a 35 percent share of the overall StoreBoard market. The CII research shows that 1995 color ink jet sales were up 167 percent in the fourth quarter over the same period last year, representing the highest gain of any printer technology, with December sales gains of 52 percent over the previous month. Consumer electronics store (CES) sales accounted for 49 percent of ink jet sales, indicating that home PC owners consider printers a typical consumer purchase. In fact, CES sales of all printer types were up 59 percent over December 1994. In December 1995, CII researchers charted a 42 percent increase in total printer sales over the same period a year ago. For the full 12 months of 1995, total printer sales increased by 31 percent. "Consumers have decided that now is the time to invest in new printer technology, and replacement sales are driving the market," said Ed Pullen, CII's Service Director for Printers. Year-to-Year Printer Sales Growth, Q4 1994 to Q4 1995 Printer Type Growth Rate Color ink jet +167% Personal laser/page +22% Workgroup laser/page +1% Thermal -19% Serial impact (dot) matrix -36% Monochrome ink jet -48% Source: CII StoreBoard Channel Tracking, December 1995 "This is the year that saw the emergence of the multifunction printer See MFD. market," added Pullen. "It will be interesting to see how this new breed of printer challenges today's favorites - the color ink jet and personal page printer products." Already, CII sees Hewlett-Packard, a company widely known for its leadership in the printer market, emerging as the multifunction market leader, with a 76 percent share. Lexmark finished second with a nine percent market share, just ahead of Brother's eight percent. With the year-end holidays came December gains for all marking technologies. Monochrome ink jet sales rose 41 percent in December as compared to the previous month, with Canon Computer and its OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partner Apple Computer essentially accounting for 95 percent of all sales. While the CII research shows a decline in serial impact (dot) matrix printer unit sales unit sales Sales measured in terms of physical units rather than dollars. Unit sales data are often used by financial analysts when evaluating the health of a company. for the year as a whole, sales shot up by eight percent in December 1995 over November's figures. This increase was driven by a surprising 18 percent sales gain for 24-pin dot matrix printers A printer that uses hammers and a ribbon to form images out of dots. It is widely used to print multipart forms and address labels. Also known as a "serial dot matrix printer," the tractor and sprocket mechanism in these devices handles thicker media better than laser and inkjet printers. , due in part to system-printer "bundling" promotions. StoreBoard sales of personal page printers (4-5-6 ppm) jumped 25 percent for the month of December over the previous month, and finished up 17 percent from the same time last year. HP continued its reign atop the personal laser printer market, with its LaserJet 5L and LaserJet 5P accounting for the vast majority of sales. With HP's share up to 83 percent, there is essentially no second place finisher in the personal laser printer market. 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