Newton, MA (openPR) 6 April 2005

A new report from Lyra Research critically marketÂÂ with the color laser printer? performance in 2004, a year industry, which many observers as the “Year of the color laser.” According to the report, a copy Observer Spotlight: 2004 color laser printer market, the industry is a remarkable growth in unit shipment a dramatic increase in the number of product launches, and rapid price erosion experienced in 2004. Worldwide shipments for color laser printer was 1.85 million units in 2004, an increase of 47 percent over shipments in 2003.

AA? A number of trends to the year barometer print providers by many experts in 2004, AA contributed? , Ann Priede, editor says the Hard Copy Observer, a newsletter published monthly by Lyra Research. (See For more information about the Observer http://www.lyra.com/lh3m.nsf/Newsletters/HCO.) AA? These trends include the use of in-house color printers for short-term employment and the culture number of offices that replacing existing monochrome laser machines with color page printers.ÂÂ increases?

Hard Copy Observer Spotlight: 2004 color laser printer market is the first of three reports LyraÂÂ planning products around the printer market. The report contains information on how products and prices changed from January to December, current market trends, a review of the competitive situation and a selection of articles from the Hard Copy Observer. Posted by ObserverÂÂ? S-editors, will help these managers report, and marketing products to develop and refine plans for 2005 and beyond. Lyra is also a free webcast on the color laser market to grow rapidly in 27 April 2005, at 14:00 EDT clock. There are two other reports in the series Hard Copy Observer Spotlight report, one in the market for inkjet consumer and the other on the market of monochrome laser printers for office. For more information about the webcast and a copy of the Spotlight series observation report can be found at www.lyra.com.


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