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Canon Named leader for high-speed inkjuet press
Colornet • Feb 27, 2020
In its most recent report, market intelligence provider IDC has placed Canon as the worldwide leader in the high-speed inkjet press market.
The IDC report assessed the major printer vendors that provide inkjet presses to the worldwide market place. The inkjet market is always growing in technological advancements especially around expansion of platforms, ink and dryer technology, and better image quality. Inkjet is a game-changing technology, allowing for high-speed, variable printing at lower costs per page.
The study compared the current capabilities as well as future strategies of key vendors and how they plan to meet their customers needs and requirements. In a summary of IDCs observations of Canon they stated that:
Canon has a comprehensive range of high-speed inkjet production printers incorporating both continuous feed and cut sheet platforms. Canon has a complete direct sales force to cover all global regions, and an experienced supplier to this market, it has high levels of expertise in not only installations and support but services and business development as well.
Canon has excellent workflow with its PRIMSA solutions and invests most heavily in inkjet with R&D spend. Canon has
strengthened its position in its core markets of transaction and corporate/large enterprise print while expanding out into the graphics and commercial printer space with its latest ProStream series platform and VarioPrint i-series.
As for the product capabilities Canon is described as having the technology and expertise to address markets such as book and photo printing, postcard printing, graphics arts work and premium direct mail jobs regardless of budgetary constraints and print room size and dimension limitations.
The IDC report goes on the describe how Canon invests in intellectual property and research and development of their technology and hardware. Canon has built up a strong direct sales force and service organisation including worldwide parts and consumables distribution across global regions. Canon also has a powerful
direct sales force who are trained to be customer focused, integrating Canon systems while transforming the customer's print business. and employs colour and application specialists to help build its capabilities..
The excerpt of the IDC MarketScape study that relates to Canon can be viewed Here.
About IDC MarketScape: IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.
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