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Employee Benefit Plan (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014
Oct. 31, 2013
Oct. 31, 2012
Defined contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Accrued vacation liability $ 569,000us-gaap_AccruedVacationCurrent $ 567,000us-gaap_AccruedVacationCurrent  
Options outstanding [Roll Forward]      
Granted (in shares) 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
Stock Option Plan 1993 [Member]      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Number of shares authorized for issuance (in shares) 762,939us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
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Stock Option Plan 2003 [Member]      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Number of shares authorized for issuance (in shares) 475,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
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= chmp_StockOptionPlan2003Member
   
Stock Options [Member]      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Options vested and exercised period 5 years    
Champion Industries Inc. 401 (k) Plan [Member]      
Defined contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Maximum annual contribution per employee (in hundredths) 15.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanMaximumAnnualContributionsPerEmployeePercent
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Employer matching contribution (in hundredths) 100.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercent
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= chmp_ChampionIndustriesInc401KPlanMember
   
Matching contribution, maximum (in hundredths) 2.00%chmp_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionMaximumPercent
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= chmp_ChampionIndustriesInc401KPlanMember
   
Discretionary contributions $ 0us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
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