Printing volumes rebound
New research published by International Data Corporation (IDC)
- Total worldwide page volumes printed from office and home devices plummeted nearly 14% year over year in 2020 after several years of stable but slow decline.
- 2.8-trillion pages were printed in 2020
- laser pages declined sharply, down 16% year over year in 2020.
- pages printed on inkjet devices increased 4% over 2019
- about half the pages printed by office workers working from home during the
pandemic were work-related documents
- expects worldwide page volumes to rebound 2% year over year in 2021 but will not reach pre-pandemic levels.
- From 2022 onward, page volumes will return to a declining trend, falling faster than prior to Covid-19
- While many workers are expected to return to the workplace full time, a greater percentage are expected to work from home either full time or part time than before the pandemic.
- the five-year CAGR for worldwide page volume will be -1,9%
- In the pessimistic scenario, the worldwide page volume CAGR will be -5,1%.
- In 2025, predicts that 2.3 trillion pages will be printed
o 4.4 million pages being printed every minute