Shareholders' Equity (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Schedule of Stock by Class [Table Text Block]

The Company has three classes of common stock as follows (share data in millions):

		Issued Common Stock
	Authorized Shares	Outstanding	Treasury	Issued Shares Classified as Common Stock	Issued Shares Classified as Redeemable Equity	Total Issued Shares
Class A stock ($0.025 par value)	80.0
March 31, 2012		32.7	7.3	40.0	—	40.0
December 31, 2011		32.4	7.6	40.0	—	40.0
Class B stock ($0.025 par value)	80.0
March 31, 2012		14.2	0.8	15.0	—	15.0
December 31, 2011		14.2	0.8	15.0	—	15.0
Class C stock ($0.025 par value)	20.0
March 31, 2012		—	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5
December 31, 2011		—	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5

Schedule of Dividend Activity [Table Text Block]

The following table details the dividend activity related to the Company's class A, class B and class C stock for the three months endedMarch 31, 2012 and 2011:

	Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Dividend Amount per Share
2012
Q1 2012 Dividend	February 28, 2012	March 12, 2012	March 23, 2012	$	0.25
2011
Q1 2011 Dividend(1)	N/A	N/A	N/A	—

Temporary Equity [Table Text Block]

Additional information regarding the changes in redeemable equity for the three months endedMarch 31, 2012 is provided in the table below:

	Class C Common Stock				Total Redeemable Equity
	Shares	Redemption Value
Balance at December 31, 2011	0.3	$	3.5		$	3.5
Cash dividends declared	—	(0.1		)	(0.1		)
Balance at March 31, 2012	0.3	$	3.4		$	3.4

Schedule of Stockholders Equity [Table Text Block]

Common stock and other equity and noncontrolling interests

Activity impacting the Company's common stock and other equity and noncontrolling interests for the three months endedMarch 31, 2012 was as follows:

	Quad/Graphics Common Stock and Other Equity			Noncontrolling Interests
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	1,302.7		$	0.7
Net earnings attributable to Quad/Graphics common shareholders	47.4			—
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			0.1
Foreign currency translation adjustments	13.0			—
Cash dividends declared	(13.3		)	—
Stock-based compensation charges	3.6			—
Pension and other postretirement benefit liability adjustments, net of tax	(0.3		)	—
Balance at March 31, 2012	$	1,353.1		$	0.8