Year-on-year increases of non-hard sales are displayed in the graphs that exclude the impact of exchange rates. In the office services field, sales growth since the 4Q of the previous fiscal year has been less than 1%. In the most recent 2Q, while print volumes have been strong in the U.S., performance has been sluggish in Japan, Europe, and Other regions.
Meanwhile, in terms of print volumes of production print field, color MIF (Machines In the Field) has increased, and sales amounts have grown significantly even when the impact of forex is excluded, growing 13.8% in the 2Q.