hpq:BalanceSheetDetailsDisclosureTextBlock Balance Sheet Details Disclosure [Text Block] This element may be used to disclose required balance sheet captions and inventories. 1 hpq:BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCharges Business Combination, Acquisition Related Charges This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include consulting fees, bonus costs, stock based compensation and moving costs. 2 hpq:DocumentAndEntityInformationAbstract Document and Entity Information 0 hpq:FinancingInterest Financing Interest Cost associated with sales-type and direct-financing leases, recognized at consistent rates of return over the lease term. 3 hpq:FinancingRevenue Financing Revenue Income produced from sales-type and direct-financing leases, recognized at consistent rates of return over the lease term. 3 hpq:IncomeLossBeforeIncomeTax Income (Loss) Before Income Tax Sum of operating profit, nonoperating income, minority interest, and income (loss) from equity method investments (expense) before income taxes. 3 hpq:NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionValueOfAssetsAcquiredDuringPeriod Noncash or Part Noncash Acquisition, Value of Assets Acquired During Period The value of an asset or business acquired during the period in a noncash (or part noncash) acquisition. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. 0 hpq:NotesToConsolidatedFinancialStatementsAbstract Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 0 hpq:OptionsIssued Options Issued The fair value of options issued in noncash financing or investing activities. 0 hpq:OrganizationConsolidationAndPresentationOfFinancialStatementsDisclosureAndSignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlock Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure and Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block] Description containing the entire organization, consolidation and basis of presentation of financial statements disclosure. May be provided in more than one note to the financial statements, as long as users are provided with an understanding of (1) the significant judgments and assumptions made by an enterprise in determining whether it must consolidate a VIE and/or disclose information about its involvement with a VIE, (2) the nature of restrictions on a consolidated VIE's assets reported by an enterprise in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets, (3) the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with an enterprise's involvement with the VIE, and (4) how an enterprise's involvement with the VIE affects the enterprise's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. Describes procedure if disclosures are provided in more than one note to the financial statements. Also describes all siginficant accounting policies of the reporting entity. 1 hpq:PrepaidStockRepurchaseMember Prepaid stock repurchase Prepayment of common stock repurchase. 0 hpq:ProvisionForDoubtfulAccountsAndWriteOffOfInventory Provision for Doubtful Accounts and Write-off of Inventory Amount of the current period expense charged against operations, the offset which is generally to the allowance for doubtful accounts for the purpose of reducing receivables, including notes receivable, to an amount that approximates their net realizable value (the amount expected to be collected). Plus, the charge against earnings that represents the reduction of the currently-stated financial value of inventory items based on a determination that future worth is less than the acquisition cost due to obsolescence or market changes. 0 hpq:StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesShareBasedCompensationAndEmployeeStockPurchasePlan Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Share-based Compensation And Employee Stock Purchase Plan Number of shares issued during the period as a result of any share-based compensation plan, other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), including the number of shares issued during the period as a result of an employee stock purchase plan. 3 hpq:StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationAndEmployeeStockPurchasePlan Stock Issued During Period, Value, Share-based Compensation And Employee Stock Purchase Plan Value of stock issued during the period as a result of any share-based compensation plan, other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), including the aggregate change in value for stock issued during the period as a result of employee stock purchase plan. 8 hpq:TaxesOnEarnings Taxes on Earnings Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the unpaid sum of the known and estimated amounts payable to satisfy all currently due domestic and foreign income tax obligations. In theory, the sum represents amounts due to tax jurisdictions based on tax returns as if they were ready and available for filing on and as of the balance sheet date, plus accrued interest and penalties pertaining to amounts of tax uncertainties plus includes the current portion of deferred tax liabilities, which result from applying the applicable tax rate to net taxable temporary differences pertaining to each jurisdiction to which the entity is obligated to pay income tax. A current taxable temporary difference is a difference between the tax basis and the carrying amount of a current asset or liability in the financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. In a classified statement of financial position, an enterprise shall separate deferred tax liabilities and assets into a current amount and a noncurrent amount. Deferred tax liabilities and assets shall be classified as current or noncurrent based on the classification of the related asset or liability for financial reporting. A deferred tax liability or asset that is not related to an asset or liability for financial reporting, including deferred tax assets related to carryforwards, shall be classified according to the expected reversal date of the temporary difference. 2 hpq:ValuationAndQualifyingAccountsAbstract Valuation and Qualifying Accounts 0