Market Potential

High speed MFP segment growing at pace

Decline in high speed B&W MFP sales

Huge growth in high speed colour MFP sales

European sales of colour outstripping the US and Asia Pacific

Sales of high speed colour MFPs to overtake B&W in 2009

MP C6000 & 7500 first engines with colour speed to replace high speed mono

US

Forecast by Gartner Dataquest June 2006

Color 41-69cpm

 

 

 

 

FC 41-69 cpm

BW 41-69 cpm

 

 

 

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

EU

 

 

 

 

 

Forecast by infoSource

 

 

June 2006

 

 

 

 

ColorCapable 60-89cpm & FC50cpm +

 

 

CC60-89 cpm & FC 50cpm+

BW 60-89 cpm

 

 

 

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

AP

Forecast by Gartner Dataquest June 2006

Color 41-69cpm

 

 

 

 

FC 41-69 cpm

BW 41-69 cpm

 

 

 

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Industry observers like Gartner, Dataquest and Infosource predict huge growth in the sale of colour capable MFPs, particularly higher speed, higher productivity devices. The European market is way ahead of the US and Asia Pacific in its acceptance of colour. Infosource forecast that in Europe, by 2009, 50% of all high speed MFP sold will have colour capability!

At the moment there is a large and virtually untapped market for high speed, high productivity colour MFPs . Whilst manufacturers have introduced low to mid speed colour capable devices, there has not, until now, been a colour engine with the sheer

speed and productivity necessary to replace high speed black and white machines.

The Aficio MP C6000 and MP C7500 with their exceptionally fast colour output speeds and versatile handling are the first MFPs with the capability to replace high speed high volume black and white in the general office and light production environments. There is little viable colour competition in this sector. By taking a lead now you can take easy advantage of the high page volumes, both black and white AND colour, that these machines will generate.

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Ricoh MP C6000, MP C7500 manual Market Potential