Photo Printing: Is It Changing the Printer Industry? And Who Leads the ?Pack? - HP, Epson, Canon, Lexmark or Another Entirely Different Brand?
San Diego, CA (ContentDesk) June 30, 2005 -- The face of printing has dramatically changed over the last two to three years yet never so much as in the last 12 to 18 months.
The barrage of new photo printers as well as the onslaught of less-expensive yet high quality digital cameras in the marketplace has made their mark in the printing world.
The average consumer now looks to print their own photos from home which has had a positive bottom-line effect for the manufacturers of ink cartridges and papers.
However, the additional revenues will be even stronger in the coming months with dramatic increases during the holiday months due to the extremely high number of photographs taken and shared during the holiday season. The consumption rate of ink cartridges is much higher particularly in the last year due to heightened use of the home printer.
The greatest increase in printing is photographs as well as graphics such as invitations, flyers and the like.
The printing of photos and graphics uses nearly three times the amount of ink over the printing of strictly black-ink papers. PrintCountry.com Office Supplies announces the breakdown of its printer ink cartridge sales figures for 2004 with the most popular printer brands being HP, Epson, Canon and Lexmark. Following suit with the past three years, HP, Epson, Canon and Lexmark are once again the top four companies with the highest figures for supplies orders. HP's last 2004 quarterly revenue for its imaging and printing division is $6.1 million.
Epson follows HP in 2nd place in the printer market again for 2004. Companies in the printer business such as HP, Epson, Canon and Lexmark make the majority of their revenues from printer supplies, printer ink and toner cartridges.Although HP manufactures more printers and has a higher market share in the US, PrintCountry.com has been selling its competitor Epson's supplies twice as often as HP and rival Canon over the past three years. HP only represents 19.6% of the PrintCountry.com inkjet supplies orders in 2004, a decrease of 22.1% from 2003. While Epson's order percentage goes as high as 33.9%, which is almost the same as last year's 34% share., Other big rival Canon's orders remain at 14.6%, followed by Lexmark with 12.8%. PrintCountry.com believes the main reason Epson is selling more printer ink supplies than HP is directly related to the printing of photos by the consumer.
Epson is quite dominant in the digital photography printing arena. The most recent InfoTrends/CAP Ventures' survey, which studied 220 respondents in North America, provides some interesting figures. All of the participants in the survey had digital photo, proof and/or art printing equipment. Survey results show that 85.6% of respondents reported they would most likely purchase an Epson printer, while no other vendor reached even 7%. What will happen in 2005? According to Jennifer Douglas, Director of Operations at PrintCountry.com, the year as a whole and especially the coming months will see HP continuing to be the #1 printer manufacturer.
HP will continue to realize greater gains as a corporation while selling more products bundled together such as computers, servers, cameras, etc. Epson will gain additional market share. Epson printers
are becoming more and more popular among photo printer users who consume large quantities of printing supplies These consumers will consequently have a strong effect on Epson's
(high) number of printer supplies sales. Canon will be ranked 3rd again but will get closer to Epson. Canon's market share will also increase as they manufacture photo printers along with high quality digital cameras.
On the other hand, Dell will be changing these numbers dramatically in 2005 by gaining more and more market share in the printing industry.About PrintCountry.comPrintCountry.com Office Supplies is an industry leader in printer ink cartridges (since 2001), selling high quality ink & toner cartridges and other office supplies for all major brands including HP, Epson, Canon, Lexmark, Brother, Xerox and many others. In addition to the original manufacturer's cartridges (OEMs), PrintCountry.com offers a wide selection of remanufactured cartridges, compatible ink cartridges, and ink refill kits all of which are of equal quality as the OEMs yet they are substantially lower in price. All supplies are manufactured by ISO 9001 certified manufacturers and are held to rigorous quality assurance standards.For full HP product listings, visit http://www.printcountry.com/site_map_HP.aspFor full Epson products listings, visithttp://www.printcountry.com/site_map_Epson.aspFor full Canon products listings, visithttp://www.printcountry.com/site_map_Canon.aspFor full Dell products listings, visithttp://www.printcountry.com/site_map_Dell.aspPrintCountry.com Office Supplies4990 Greencraig Ln. Suite CSan Diego, CA 92123 Telephone: 1-858-430-1700Fax: 630-566-0708http://www.printcountry.come-mail protected from spam bots.
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MySpecial Photos Launches Custom Photo DVD Service at Breakthrough Pricing
LOS ALTOS, Calif. ? January 8, 2004 ? MySpecial Photos, an online digital photo editing and processing service (www.myspecialphotos.com), announced the introduction of MYSPECIAL PHOTO DVD. The new product enables consumers to view their digital photos on their television sets with family and friends."One might call it the digital version of the traditional slideshow - with sound", said Ed Klar, company president.
"Consumers can now order photos on DVD through a process that is fast, simple, and at a price that makes it within reach of everyone".
For $19.95, consumers receive a custom PHOTO DVD comprising 50 of their favorite personal photos.
Each DVD comes with a choice of music, a personalized show title, and a customized jacket cover and label. Copies are $9.95, priced for gift-giving."There are a host of special occasions for viewing a PHOTO DVD including birthdays, anniversaries, graduations,...
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The Ultimate Pizzeria Printer is Now Available from Star Micronics
(ContentDesk) July 5, 2005 -- The Pizzeria and Fast Food Industry quest for a solution to printing delivery labels for pizza boxes has been answered by Star Micronics.
Finding a silent and quick printing printer taking up very little counter space while providing a legible wide label is just one of the capabilities of the TSP800 printer.
Printing wide receipts capturing all of the input food order and delivering coupons for return business is another function - a total pizzeria and food delivery solution packed into one printer.Star Micronics' TSP800 printer delivers a 4.4" (112 mm) x 1.75" thermal pizza delivery label for pizza businesses and fast food delivery service, printing in high speed of 6" per second (150 mm/sec) for the fast-paced business industry standards.
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Create and Print Passport Photos
OnTheGoSoft has released Passport Photo 1.1, a Windows utility that creates perfectly sized passport and identity photos from digital camera photos.Passport Photo can transform digital photos of any size and format into professional quality passport photos. There's no need to take your whole family to a shop and pay high costs for special passport photos. Now, you can take your own photos, in the comfort of your home, and use Passport Photo to crop, resize and arrange them.Passport Photo allows you to create JPEG files for printing in a shop, just like ordinary photos, or - in case you have a high quality printer - print right at home. Any way you choose, you'll get perfectly sized photos, ready to be used in passports.Passport Photo is very easy to use and is designed for users with little or no computer and photography experience. You can choose US, Canadian or standard European 3.5 x 4.5 passport photo sizes, or specify custom size in Inches or in Centimeters.
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