Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Pronouncements	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]
Recently Adopted New Accounting Pronouncements [Text Block]	Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Pronouncements In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued amended guidance to enhance comparability between entities that report under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (U.S. GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and to provide a more consistent method of presenting non-owner transactions that affect an entity's equity. This guidance eliminates the option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in stockholders' equity and requires an entity to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement or in two separate but consecutive statements. Regardless of whether one or two statements are presented, an entity is required to show reclassification adjustments on the face of the financial statements for items that are reclassified from other comprehensive income to net income. This guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2012. The adoption of this guidance will change the presentation of our Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income. In May 2011, the FASB issued amended disclosure requirements to provide a consistent definition of fair value and ensure that the fair value measurement and disclosure requirements are similar between U.S. GAAP and IFRS. This guidance changes certain fair value measurement principles and enhances the disclosure requirements particularly for Level 3 fair value measurements. This guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning January 1, 2012. We do not expect these disclosures to have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In January 2010, the FASB issued additional disclosure requirements for assets and liabilities held at fair value. Specifically, the new guidance requires a gross presentation of activities within the Level 3 roll forward and adds a new requirement to disclose transfers in and out of Level 1 and 2 measurements. This guidance is applicable to all entities currently required to provide disclosures about recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. The effective date for these disclosures for Imation was January 1, 2010, except for the gross presentation of the Level 3 roll forward information, which was required for interim reporting periods beginning January 1, 2011. The disclosures did not have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In December 2010, the FASB issued additional guidance for entities with reporting units that have carrying amounts equal to zero or are negative. These entities are required to assess whether it is more likely than not that the reporting units' goodwill is impaired. If it is determined that it is more likely than not that the goodwill of one or more of its reporting units is impaired, then Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for those reporting unit(s) should be performed. Any resulting goodwill impairment should be recorded as a cumulative-effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings in the period of adoption. Any goodwill impairments occurring after the initial adoption of the amendments should be included in earnings. The effective date for these disclosures for Imation was January 1, 2011. This guidance did not have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In December 2010, the FASB issued additional and amended annual disclosure requirements for supplementary pro forma information related to business combinations. The effective date for this guidance for Imation is prospective for business combinations on or after January 1, 2011. We do not expect these disclosures to have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. A variety of proposed potential accounting standards are currently under study by standard setting organizations and various regulatory agencies. Due to the tentative and preliminary nature of those proposed standards, management has not determined whether implementation of such proposed standards would be material to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued amended guidance to enhance comparability between entities that report under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (U.S. GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and to provide a more consistent method of presenting non-owner transactions that affect an entity's equity. This guidance eliminates the option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in stockholders' equity and requires an entity to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement or in two separate but consecutive statements. Regardless of whether one or two statements are presented, an entity is required to show reclassification adjustments on the face of the financial statements for items that are reclassified from other comprehensive income to net income. This guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2012. The adoption of this guidance will change the presentation of our Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income.

In May 2011, the FASB issued amended disclosure requirements to provide a consistent definition of fair value and ensure that the fair value measurement and disclosure requirements are similar between U.S. GAAP and IFRS. This guidance changes certain fair value measurement principles and enhances the disclosure requirements particularly for Level 3 fair value measurements. This guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning January 1, 2012. We do not expect these disclosures to have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In January 2010, the FASB issued additional disclosure requirements for assets and liabilities held at fair value. Specifically, the new guidance requires a gross presentation of activities within the Level 3 roll forward and adds a new requirement to disclose transfers in and out of Level 1 and 2 measurements. This guidance is applicable to all entities currently required to provide disclosures about recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. The effective date for these disclosures for Imation was January 1, 2010, except for the gross presentation of the Level 3 roll forward information, which was required for interim reporting periods beginning January 1, 2011. The disclosures did not have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In December 2010, the FASB issued additional guidance for entities with reporting units that have carrying amounts equal to zero or are negative. These entities are required to assess whether it is more likely than not that the reporting units' goodwill is impaired. If it is determined that it is more likely than not that the goodwill of one or more of its reporting units is impaired, then Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for those reporting unit(s) should be performed. Any resulting goodwill impairment should be recorded as a cumulative-effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings in the period of adoption. Any goodwill impairments occurring after the initial adoption of the amendments should be included in earnings. The effective date for these disclosures for Imation was January 1, 2011. This guidance did not have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In December 2010, the FASB issued additional and amended annual disclosure requirements for supplementary pro forma information related to business combinations. The effective date for this guidance for Imation is prospective for business combinations on or after January 1, 2011. We do not expect these disclosures to have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

A variety of proposed potential accounting standards are currently under study by standard setting organizations and various regulatory agencies. Due to the tentative and preliminary nature of those proposed standards, management has not determined whether implementation of such proposed standards would be material to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.