This IDC study provides a detailed analysis of the Western European Monochrome Production Printer Market. Western Europe comprises Germany, France, the U.K., Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and the Republic of Ireland.

"Print is still the main medium for transmission of all types of information," said Julio Vial, quarterly research manager with IDC's Printers Group,