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37
PIXMA MP
630
LBP
59
7
5
PIXMA
i
P2600LBP505
0
(i-SENSYS LBP5050 in some areas)
P
IXMA MX760
0
CanoScan L
i
DE 20
0
Fi
sca
l 2
008
R
e
vi
ew
Net sales in the Computer Peripherals
business totaled ¥1
,
454.8 billion
,
a
decrease o
f
5.4%
y
ear on
y
ear.
In the market
f
or laser beam
printers (LBPs), demand was slu
gg
ish
in the fi rst half of the year and fell
sharply in the second half. As a
result, sales of LBPs were down 5.6%
on a value basis and 6
%
on a unit
basis year on year. However, unit
sales o
f
color LBPs rose sli
g
htl
y
, and
Canon bolstered its lineups and
released low-end models
f
or personal
use
a
n
d
SO
H
Os
.
Turnin
g
to in
kj
et printers, a
l
t
h
ou
gh
t
h
e wor
ld
economy
d
rastica
ll
y
d
ece
l
er
-
ated in the second half of the year,
C
anon’s unit sales were up 3% year
o
n year. However, sales o
f
inkjet
p
rinters decreased 4.5% due to the
s
udden rise o
f
the
y
en
.
Unit sales o
f
the Compan
y
’s
m
ultifunction
p
rinters (MFPs) in-
c
reased si
g
nifi cantl
y
, refl ectin
g
the
c
ontinuing shift in market demand
f
rom single-function models to MFPs.
I
n emerging economies, the Compa-
n
y’s sales o
f
low-end models were
f
avorable and we increased market
s
hare. Sales were especiall
y
stron
g
f
or
p
ro
d
ucts tar
g
etin
g
t
h
e
h
ome mar
k
et,
i
nc
l
u
d
in
g
t
h
e PIXMA MP620 MFP an
d
t
he PIXMA iP2600 single-function
p
rinter. For t
h
e SOHO mar
k
et, in 2008
Ca
n
o
n r
e
l
eased
t
h
e
PIXMA MX7600
all-in-one inkjet printer featuring the
Company’s original revolutionary new
P
g
R technolo
gy
. In addition, sales o
f
consumables such as ink
j
et cartrid
g
es
were stron
g
.
In scanners, a
l
t
h
ou
gh
t
h
e mar
k
et
is shrinkin
g
due to the spread of
MFPs, t
h
e Company recor
d
e
d
strong
u
ni
t
sa
l
es
a
n
d
so
li
d
ifi
ed
i
ts
N
o
. 1
market position. In 2008, we released
the new CanoScan LiDE 200
,
which
contributed to the Compan
y
’s sales.
This compact CIS (compact ima
g
e
sensor) scanner
f
eatures a hi
g
h resolu
-
tion of 4,800d
p
i and im
p
roved maxi
-
mum o
p
tica
l
reso
l
ution com
p
are
d
wit
h
t
h
e
p
revious mo
d
e
l
.