This IDC study provides the worldwide market forecast for flatbed scanners for 2009-2013. To enhance the reader's understanding of the impact of 2009 shipments, the data points are compared with forecast shipments that were anticipated by IDC in 2008. The following questions are answered:

• How did 2008 scanner shipments change compared with the same period in the 2007 forecast?
• How quickly will flatbed scanner shipments decline in the United States during the forecast period?

"All indications are that consumer flatbed scanners will survive the first decade in the new millennium; beyond that is unpredictable." — Ron Glaz, program director, Digital Imaging Solutions and Services