FRAMINGHAM, MA – The worldwide hardcopy peripherals market decreased 4.8% year-over-year to approximately 26.7 million units in the fourth quarter, according to International Data Corp.

The brightest spot for the quarter was HP’s positive year-over-year performance of 3.6% in unit shipments, the research firm says. HP expanded year-over-year in its top two regional markets: Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APeJ) and the US.

The total inkjet market in the APeJ region recorded its eleventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth, with 3.59 million units shipped, the highest in a quarter since the second quarter of 2012. APeJ was the only region to have achieved positive year-over-year shipment growth this quarter.

All speed ranges of color laser MFPs in the US experienced growth, except the 1-10ppm and 11-20ppm, each of which declined year-over-year. Canon had the highest year-over-year growth in the 21-90ppm segment.

Latin America saw increased shipments in Ink Tank devices. The fourth quarter marks the second consecutive quarter where Ink Tank machines surpassed the unit volume of ink cartridge machines. All vendors in this space recorded year-over-year expansion.

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