Western European shipments of hardcopy peripherals declined 6,7% year over year to 3,8-million units in the third quarter of 2022 while shipment value increased 7,2% year over year to $1,935-billion, according to IDC.
• Overall laser shipments increased 14,9% year-on-year in 3Q22 as some backorders were fulfilled, but it must be noted that the quarter for the previous year was one of the worst quarters on record. • The monochrome A4 single function printer segment remained the largest segment followed by the monochrome A4 multifunction segment.