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2406417 - Disclosure - Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plan - Schedule of Weighted-Average Target Asset Allocations Across Benefit Plans (Details)
(http://www.hp.com/role/RetirementAndPostRetirementBenefitPlanScheduleOfWeightedAverageTargetAssetAllocationsAcrossBenefitPlansDetails)
TableDefined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table]
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0000047217 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2015-11-01 - 2016-10-31
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis]
U.S. Defined Benefit PlansNon-U.S. Defined Benefit PlansPost-Retirement Benefit Plans
Defined Benefit Plan, Asset Categories [Axis]Defined Benefit Plan, Asset Categories [Axis]Defined Benefit Plan, Asset Categories [Axis]
Equity-related investmentsDebt securitiesReal estateCash and cash equivalentsOtherPlan Asset Categories [Domain]Equity-related investmentsDebt securitiesReal estateCash and cash equivalentsOtherPlan Asset Categories [Domain]Equity-related investmentsDebt securitiesReal estateCash and cash equivalentsOtherPlan Asset Categories [Domain]
Total
53.90%  
46.10%  
0.00%  
0.00%  
0.00%  
100.00%  
44.30%  
38.80%  
6.20%  
2.70%  
8.00%  
100.00%  
67.70%  
29.20%  
2.00%  
1.10%  
0.00%  
100.00%