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How Many Printers? (MetaFAQs)

How prevalent is printing from PCs, Smartphones, and Tablets?

One key measure of the breadth of printing is simply the per capita use.

Based on our most recent wave of TUP surveys, Connected Adults in the U.S. actively use 1.5 printers on average. Furthermore, 37% regularly use 2 or more printers.metafacts-metafaqs-mq0007-2016-10-28_16-27-04

As detailed in other results from TUP, printer usage has shifted in recent years with the growing use of mobile devices. With the continued improvements in camera technology and growing collection of connected devices in active use, there has been continued expansion in the number of images and documents. At the same time, as users have shifted more of their sharing online and in-person, this has had a dampening effect on printing. Taken together, these and other similar changes in user demand have continued to changed the marketplace.

This MetaFAQs research result addresses one of the many questions profiling active printer users.

Many other related answers are part of the full TUP service, available to paid subscribers. The TUP chapter with the most information about Printers and Printing Activities is the TUP 2016 Printers Chapter.

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Do millennials use more or fewer printers than others? (MetaFAQs)

There’s a broad misconception that younger adults aren’t printing as much as the pioneers who’ve gone before them. That could be a negative sign for the future of major printer manufacturers from HP and Epson to Brother, Lexmark, Dell and Canon.

Do millennials use more or fewer printers than others?

Our research shows that millennial adults (age 28-35) use more printers than the average connected adult.metafacts-metafaqs-mq0011-2016-10-31_09-29-55

On average, they regularly use 1.8 printers, the most used by any age group. Furthermore, just over half (51%) use 2 or more printers.

This is based on our most recent research among 7,336 US adults as part of the Technology User Profile (TUP) 2016 survey.

As we’ve reported in other TUP findings, millennials are resourceful in using many devices at home, their workplaces, and also owned by others.

This MetaFAQs research result addresses one of the many questions profiling active technology users.

Many other related answers are part of the full TUP service, available to paid subscribers. The TUP chapters with the most information about activities is the TUP 2016 Printers Chapter.

These MetaFAQs are brought to you by MetaFacts, based on research results from their most-recent wave of Technology User Profile (TUP).

For more information about MetaFacts and subscribing to TUP, please contact MetaFacts.