Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended			12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Nov. 21, 2011 StratusGroup, Inc. [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 StratusGroup, Inc. [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Sep. 06, 2011 Genesis Packaging & Design Inc. [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Aug. 16, 2011 LibreDigital, Inc. [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 LibreDigital, Inc. [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Aug. 15, 2011 Sequence Personal LLC [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Sequence Personal LLC [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Jun. 21, 2011 Helium, Inc. [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Helium, Inc. [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Mar. 24, 2011 Journalism Online, LLC [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Journalism Online, LLC [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 8Touches [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Dec. 16, 2010 Nimblefish Technologies [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Dec. 14, 2010 Nimblefish Technologies [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Nov. 26, 2010 Bowne & Co., Inc. [Member] US Print And Related Services And International [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Bowne & Co., Inc. [Member] US Print And Related Services And International [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Bowne & Co., Inc. [Member] US Print And Related Services And International [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Prospectus Central, LLC [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Jun. 18, 2009 Prospectus Central, LLC [Member] U.S. Print And Related Services [Member]	Jan. 02, 2009 PROSA [Member] International [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Bowne, Nimblefish, And 8Touches [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Prospectus Central, LLC And PROSA [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Stratus, Genesis, LibreDigital, Sequence, And Journalism Online [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Effective date of acquisition					November 21, 2011			August 16, 2011		August 15, 2011		June 21, 2011		March 24, 2011					November 24, 2010		June 18, 2009
Purchase price of acquisition	$ 163,100,000	$ 470,200,000		$ 29,000,000		$ 10,100,000	$ 19,900,000		$ 14,700,000		$ 57,000,000		$ 19,600,000		$ 1,100,000		$ 3,900,000			$ 465,200,000		$ 3,000,000	$ 23,600,000
Debt assumed in acquisition																	2,000,000			26,200,000
Cash acquired from acquisition				100,000			100,000		100,000		100,000		400,000							41,400,000
Acquisition-related expenses	2,200,000	13,500,000	1,600,000
Goodwill related to acquisitions expected to be tax deductible																									0	47,400,000
Goodwill	118,300,000	257,900,000	6,500,000
Maximum entitled cash payments									14,000,000
Fair value of the contingent consideration	6,800,000								6,800,000
Ownership in equity investment											23.70%
Acquisition including a Company loan											1,100,000
Fair value of the Company's previously held equity investment	13,900,000										12,800,000
Gain on equity investment												10,000,000
Repayment of debt assumed in acquisition																1,900,000		25,400,000
Net sales	10,611,000,000	10,018,900,000	9,857,400,000																					61,200,000	18,700,000
Net earnings (loss)																								(9,300,000)	3,500,000
Pro forma amortization of purchased intangibles	113,200,000	116,300,000
Pro forma restructuring and impairment charges from continuing operations	579,500,000	275,200,000
Expense related to inventory fair value adjustment	$ 3,600,000	$ (3,800,000)