Hewlett-Packard Wants to Print for Smartphones

Hewlett-Packard Wants to Print for Smartphones – NYTimes.com.

SAN DIEGO — Vyomesh I. Joshi, the head of Hewlett-Packard’s $24 billion printing empire, relaxes by taking long walks on the beaches near his home here. And, for a while, it seemed as if he might end up spending more time strolling the sand than moving ink and toner.

H.P.’s printing business deflated during the darkest days of the recession, producing plenty of gossip that Mr. Joshi would either leave the company or be fired. But sales have started to come back, and Mr. Joshi, who goes by V.J., is still around in fighting form. On Monday, he will preside over an event announcing H.P.’s latest attack on the printing market — which will center on printers built for the iPhone age.

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