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Hewlett-Packard has maintained its leadership in the Indian printer, copier and multifunction products market with a 54 per cent share in the fourth quarter of 2012. Canon with a 21 per cent market share was in the second slot, followed by Samsung (8 per cent) and Epson (6 per cent), according to a study by research and advisory firm Gartner.
The Indian printer market - combined serial inkjet, page printer, copier and multifunction products market – rose 5.4 per cent to 6,76,263 units in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with the same period a year ago. The total end user spending grew 27 per cent to $219.8 million, the company added.
The Page A4 MFP segment grew 39.7 per cent compared with the fourth quarter of 2011, with HP’s shipments growing 56.6 per cent (55.6 per cent market share). Samsung’s sales grew 45.2 per cent (21.2 per cent market share), while Canon’s shipments fell 17.8 per cent compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. The page printer market overall experienced a decline of 6.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2012. HP remained the market leader in this segment with 54.6 per cent market share, followed by Canon (27.6 per cent) and Samsung (10.5 per cent) during the reporting quarter.
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