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Mumbai , Nov. 25

THE total printer sales in India was 3,49,000 in the third quarter of 2004; this is 2.9 per cent higher compared to the same year-ago quarter, and 3.5 per cent higher over the second quarter of 2004, said research firm Gartner.

The sales figures include dye sublimation, line and serial dot matrix printers, and single function inkjet and laser printers.

Among the vendors, Hewlett Packard continued to be the leader with a 37.2 per cent market share, which was however lower than its year-ago market share which was 44.8 per cent.

Epson, with a 23.7 per cent market share (18.8 per cent) and Canon with 12.1 per cent market share (11.5 per cent), were at positions two and three. "The major growth area in the market came from the serial dot matrix printer, which showed a 14.7 per cent increase over the last quarter as a result of printer replacements and increased consumer demands in different segments of the printer market in the third quarter," said Gartner.

The growth of the Colour page printer sales recorded an increase of 6.4 per cent over the previous quarter, and of 93.9 per cent over the year-ago quarter.

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