• Installation numbers for professional service providers pale in comparison to the colour capacity sold into office markets. About 200,000 colour copiers were sold into offices last year in Europe
• High-speed black and white printer sales declined as demand shifted massively to colour. As average printing speeds increase, fewer devices are needed to perform the same amount of work
• Within the colour market, light production devices were the big winners in 2006. For many applications, they offer sufficient production capabilities at a very low price. Copier-type devices account for the majority of orders
• Sales of high-volume colour printers stagnated in 2006, but high-end production printer introductions have been rare recently. New products hitting
the market in 2007 should boost the demand
• Canon is expected to launch its long-awaited ImagePress C7000VP in 2007. There should also be new and interesting product offerings from vendors including Kodak
and Xerox
• It may seem as if the Drupa 2008 product rush is starting a little prematurely, but a four-year cycle of product introductions is far too slow for a fast-moving market such as digital print
