Days of Delays?Equipment Purchasing Report

At the time of last year's survey, one in four respondents planned to increase their equipment budget up to 25 percent in 2001, and one in five planned to increase it up to fifty percent.

Those intentions appear to have been scaled back, with "less" now dominating "more" of package printers' 2001 spending plans. More than a third now expect to spend less than they did last year—and 16 percent of these printers predict budget cuts of up to 75 percent. Twelve percent plan to trim equipment expenses by up to 25 percent. Eight percent plan no equipment purchases at all.