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Article: Color scanning makes facsimile more versatile. (Facsimiles).(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
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- March 21, 2002
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Facsimile sales are down, but this doesn't mean demand for the technology is going away anytime soon.
In fact, corporate buyers will always have a need for fax, even as their purchasing activity shifts the marketplace a bit.
Hit hard by the economic slowdown, fax manufacturers saw sales tumble at the end of 2001. For 2001, demand for facsimiles was down 4.5%, says David Haueter, senior analyst with Gartner Inc. Manufacturers placed some 6.8 million units. In 2000, the figure was 7.1 million units.
Looking ahead, he expects fax sales this year and next to stay flat with 2001. He expects demand to grow about 4% annually through 2003.
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