世論 What Japan Thinks

japan.internet.com published the results of a survey conducted on the 11th of November amongst 330 members of JR Tokai Express Research’s internet monitor group on the topic of printers. 67.3% of the 330 people who completed the private questionnaire were male, 21.8% were in their twenties, 43.0% in their thirties, 26.1% in their forties, 6.7% in their fifties, and 2.4% in their sixties.

Q1 is confusing as how does someone not know if they have a printer at home or not! I like my home Canon, mostly because the separate ink cartridges for each colour works out cheaper in the long run. However, I’ve heard (but not quite calculated the exact costs myself) that it is cheaper to order digital camera photo prints rather than running them off yourself, although the convenience aspect perhaps outweighs the cost saving.

In Q3, I’m not really sure why people would have a printer connected to their PC by more than one means, but apparently up to 6 people do.

Q1: Do you have a printer at home? (Sample size=330)

Yes	89.1%
No	10.6%
Don’t know	0.3%

Q2: What make of printer do you have at home? Select the newest if you have more than one. (Sample size=294)

Epson	42.9%
Canon	39.5%
HP	9.9%
NEC	2.0%
Brother	1.7%
Lexmark	1.7%
Ricoh	0.7%
Other	1.0%
Don’t know	0.7%

Q3: How is the printer in Q2 connected to your computer? (Sample size=294, multiple answer)

USB cable	233
Parallel cable	24
Parallel to USB converter cable	6
Don’t know	28
Other	9