Konica Minolta manual bizhub 180 Marketplace, PRINTER FORECAST 2004-2005 - 11-20 ppm Range

bizhub 180 Marketplace

The next table illustrates printer placements through 2005 as reported by Gartner Dataquest. Growth is at steady pace for the next several years. The forecasted compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) is 12.15% by the year 2005.

PRINTER FORECAST 2004-2005 – 11-20 ppm Range

2,500,000

2,000,000

1,500,000

1,000,000

500,000

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Shipments

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Source: Gartner Dataquest

The anticipated growth in the printer-based market holds many opportunities for the bizhub 180. As copier-based MFPs, they offer many advantages over printer- based products — 11"x17" maximum paper size, lower cost-per-print, greater paper capacity, etc.

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