HP Names Head of Printer Division As New CEO

Longtime HP veteran Enrique Lores, who runs the $20 billion printer business, is succeeding Dion Weisler effective November 1. Weisler, who was named CEO in late 2014 after the computing behemoth was split into two companies, is returning to Australia for a "family health matter." He will remain on the company's board. MarketWatch reports: Lores, a native of Spain who started his 30-year career as an intern, vowed to "simplify" and "evolve" the company's business model during a conference call with analysts following the earnings release. The executive change comes amid wrenching changes -- and turmoil -- in the PC market, raising the question of where the market is headed for the rest of the year.

Soon to be replaced

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

If he's anything like the head of my printer, he'll last 50 pages in full color, then he'll quit working despite being still half full.

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[hambone142]

Yep.

And make crashing and grinding sounds without doing anything.

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[JoeyDot]

In 2030 their screens will be ink based I guarantee.

In other news...

[dicobalt]

HP computers will now require a module that contains "computing water." This special innovative water will enable new synergistic computing techniques. The water will last an amazing 24 hours and only cost $20 to refill.

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[TheGratefulNet]

low cost equivalent: get some car 'blinker fluid'. its the same thing.

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[thegreatbob]

The market for that stuff is minimal where I live; people try very hard to conserve it.

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[Cid Highwind]

Yeah, but the water cartridge has a DRM chip, and they'll sue you under the DMCA if you flash it to accept Walmart blinker fluid instead of Genuine HP(r) ComputingWater++(tm).

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[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

This would require user-replaceable batteries, which would probably be a non-starter; but if you wanted to sell consumable computer modules you could take advantage of the fact that lithium primary cells are substantially more energy dense than their rechargeable counterparts; and build around those as cartridges.

You'd get to advertise fantastic battery life and no pesky power bricks; and sell expensive consumables. Innovation!

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[Cmdln Daco]

In high school we had an HP1000 minicomputer for awhile. It was already obsolete in 1976. The time-sharing system we used ran on an HP.

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[hambone142]

HP 1000 Series computers were made way beyond 1976. The HP1000 F Series was released in 1978. https://www.hpmuseum.net/displ... [hpmuseum.net]

  RTE was discontinued in November, 2000.

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[greenwow]

Their laser printers are great, but I made the mistake of buying one of their ink jet printers. If any of the four ink cartridges are low, it won't allow you to print B/W.

HP makes printers?

[jfdavis668]

Who knew. You learn something every day. Next your going to tell me that Xerox used to make photocopiers.

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[Cmdln Daco]

Xerox made the Xerox 820 personal computer. It was a single-board system that sported a Z-80 chip. It was based on Ferguson's Bigboard [wikipedia.org]. I still have a Bigboard, but nothing connected to it.

How

[phantomfive]

How did HP manage to stay in business when Sun couldn't manage it? HP is amazingly incompetent. They must do something right, but I have no idea what.

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[AHuxley]

Secret mil work for some nation?

Big business and diversification

[jonwil]

Sun never sold either printers or mainstream PCs. HP sells both and does a roaring trade in selling complete packages (desktops, servers, printers, probably even things like networking) to big businesses that like the way they can get it all in one place.

HP is dead to me

[rlwinm]

In my mind HP (okay, Hewlett-Packard) was the maker of some of the best lab and test gear there was. Today it's just two letters in common with a company that makes cheap consumer garbage. Other than a label there really isn't any difference between HP products now and whatever you can get at Chairman Mao's Dollarama.

Did he ask for his new contract in writing?

[Viol8]

Would be rather ironic.

Re:"Oh, you mean that printer company?"-Scott McNe

[_merlin]

At the time he said that, Carly was busy running the company into the ground. They'd spun off their test equipment division as Agilent, they'd sold off their medical devices division to Philips. The only thing they were making a profit on was selling toner and ink. Every other part of HP was making a loss.

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[tantrum]

Whenever I hear the name Carly Fiona, I'm reminded about the fact that the best paid people are not necessary compentent at all.

Not only did she destroy the great manufacturer of high end electronics that once was HP, but she also manged to destroy Compaq as well. Quite impressive being the person to destroy these two great companies within less than 10 years.

Seems like a good idea

[dead_p1xl]

After all, the printing division is the only thing making relatively functional products at that company.