HP

• HP stands for Hewlett-Packard, a Palo Alto, California, company that makes laptop and desktop computers, accessories, scanner and printers.
  
  

Queue

• Queue is another way of saying "line." A line waiting for tickets at a movie is called a queue.
  
  

All Together

• HP queue status refers to the status of items waiting to be printed. The computer transmits the information to the printer, and the printer takes a bit of time translating the information. As it translates the information, the document waits in a queue.