Restructuring and Impairment - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended																													12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 Person	Dec. 31, 2011 Facility Person	Dec. 31, 2010 Facility Employee	Dec. 31, 2010 Machinery and Equipment	Dec. 31, 2011 Canada	Dec. 31, 2012 Europe	Dec. 31, 2012 Lease Terminations And Other	Dec. 31, 2011 Withdrawal from Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plan	Dec. 31, 2010 Withdrawal from Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plan	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Long Lived Assets	Dec. 31, 2011 Other Long Lived Assets	Dec. 31, 2010 Other Long Lived Assets	Dec. 31, 2011 Commercial	Dec. 31, 2011 Forms And Labels	Dec. 31, 2010 Forms And Labels	Dec. 31, 2011 Latin America	Dec. 31, 2012 Us Print And Related Services Facility	Dec. 31, 2011 Us Print And Related Services	Dec. 31, 2010 Us Print And Related Services	Dec. 31, 2012 Us Print And Related Services Magazines Catalogs And Retail Inserts	Dec. 31, 2012 Us Print And Related Services Books And Directories	Dec. 31, 2012 International Segment Facility	Dec. 31, 2012 International	Dec. 31, 2011 International	Dec. 31, 2010 International	Dec. 31, 2012 Customer Relationships	Dec. 31, 2011 Customer Relationships	Dec. 31, 2012 Customer Relationships Magazines Catalogs And Retail Inserts	Dec. 31, 2012 Customer Relationships Books And Directories	Dec. 31, 2011 Customer Relationships Forms And Labels	Dec. 31, 2012 Customer Relationships Latin America	Dec. 31, 2012 Customer Relationships Us Print And Related Services	Dec. 31, 2011 Customer Relationships Us Print And Related Services	Dec. 31, 2012 Customer Relationships International Segment	Dec. 31, 2012 Customer Relationships Us Print And Related Services And International	Sep. 30, 2010 Customer Relationships International	Dec. 31, 2010 Customer Relationships Global Turnkey Solutions
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and impairment charges	$ 1,118.5	$ 667.8	$ 157.9														$ 1,018.7	$ 505.1	$ 94.0				$ 89.2	$ 157.0	$ 50.6
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets			87.9
Goodwill impairment charges	848.4	392.3			62.2	68.0							170.4	99.9	61.0	59.8	780.4	270.3		461.7	318.7		68.0	122.0
Impairment of intangible assets																										158.0	90.7			90.7		152.3	90.7	5.7	158.0	26.9
Employee termination cost	66.6	76.7	35.9														48.5	49.2	5.9				11.4	24.2	17.9
Other restructuring charges	25.3	59.6	29.5				25.3	15.1	13.6								18.8	52.5	24.0				3.8	7.0	4.5
Impairment charges	1,027.1	532.0	92.5	4.6						20.2	48.5	4.6
Number of manufacturing facilities closed		3	2														5					1
Finite lived intangible assets	364.8	572.2																								343.1	550.8	22.8	3.1	12.2	8.0						43.0
Number of employees used to determine employee termination costs	2,200	2,899
Number of employees who were terminated as of date	2,146
Number of employees used to determine employee termination costs			1,458
Current restructuring reserve (included in accrued liabilities)	35.8	43.9
Noncurrent restructuring reserve (included in noncurrent liabilities)	$ 42.7	$ 43.8