Segment Reporting (Schedule Of Operations By Reportable Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011		Oct. 02, 2011	Jul. 03, 2011	Apr. 03, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 26, 2010	Jun. 27, 2010	Mar. 28, 2010	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 236,800	[1]	$ 211,800	$ 221,100	$ 178,500	$ 200,000	$ 168,700	$ 161,200	$ 149,200	$ 848,181	$ 679,111	$ 658,205
Gross profit	99,300	[1]	87,800	91,300	68,300	78,400	64,600	58,500	56,100	346,737	257,592	248,558
Intermec-Branded Products [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues										598,842	545,258	519,603
Gross profit										238,177	207,199	188,475
Intermec-Branded Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues										143,127	133,853	138,602
Gross profit										47,832	50,393	60,083
Voice Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues										106,212
Gross profit										$ 60,728

[1] Includes a $20.9 million tax expense in 2011. For the year ended December 31, 2011, a valuation allowance was required against a portion of our U.S. deferred tax assets and we recorded an increase of $20.9 million in our valuation allowance during the year ended December 31, 2011. This increase was reflected as an expense in the fourth quarter of 2011. There were no similar charges in any of the other years presented.