Printer Sales falling behind PC Sales March 13, 2008 14:29 by John Sollars

Printer sales fall behind PC sales

I'm sure that you, like me, have bought a PC/Printer bundle in the past?. It would seem that these are now a thing of the past and since 2003 the number of printers sold has dropped below the number of PC's sold, and in fact that sales of PC's have increased in 2007 by 14% worldwide, but printer sales rose by just 3%. Five years ago Printer Sales were the market leader with increases of 15% compared to PC sales increase of 11%.

Reasons for this decline in the relative fortunes of PC's and Printers are thought to be because of the decline of the PC/Printer 'Bundle' the increase in sales of Laptops compared to Desktop machines, the siginificant increase in wireless networking – allowing multiple users to access one printer and breaking the umbilical cord that traditionally tied one PC to one Printer.

The good news is that Printer sales are still forecast to grow between 6% and 8% this year, but will lag behind PC sales whose forecast growth is about 12%.