Toner Cartridge and Ink Cartridge Trends
Digital imaging authority Lyra Research recently released two reports detailing analytics and forecast data for the market in the area of digital imaging supplies. The results that were published in these Lyra reports use the results that were originally published in the first half of 2011 Forecast 360 Print Supplies Advisory Service. The two reports are the 2008-2015 Laser Toner Cartridge World Forecast and the desktop inkjet cartridge. Forecast 2008-2015.
The Global Laser Toner Cartridge Forecast, 2008-2015 explains how the laser printer market bottomed out. Sales will continue to grow in potential markets and rebound in 2011. This growth in hardware sales will cause a significant boom in demand for those who need to obtain a laser toner cartridge. The shift is also expected to expand to color output devices and shipping cartridges with the ability to handle print jobs that have high-volume needs. The overall increase is expected to grow from 379 million per year in 2010 to 445 million in 2015, with the highest growth in Asia Pacific and Latin America.
The World Desktop Inkjet Cartridge Forecast, 2008-2015 looks at the past two years and how the ink cartridge market has been affected by the recession. Reasons for this include the use of WiFi networks, different printing habits of computer users, and the use of screen-based devices. Shipments are expected to grow, especially as users move away from printers that use tri-color cartridges and select higher-quality ones that require an individual ink cartridge for each color. Cartridge prices are expected to decline, but revenue will increase with sales increase from # 29 billion in 2010 to $ 33 billion in 2015. The largest increase in sales will be similar to laser toner predictions, with the highest growth in Latin America and Asia Pacific and the lowest growth in Europe and the United States.
The recession could affect the ink cartridge market just as it did many other markets. Larry Jamieson, senior analyst at Lyra Research, also noted that other changes, including “changes in the habits of printer users, as a result of forces such as the involvement of MPS, WiFi networks and increased use of mobile devices and applications based on screen “contribute to market changes and predictions. It does not mean that the market is completely dead, and reports show that expectations for the imaging supplies market will tilt towards a modest but steady growth rate driven by the general shift of consumers towards color output devices.