Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Products net sales	$ 2,135.0	$ 2,189.7	$ 4,264.7	$ 4,386.2
Services net sales	436.6	338.9	845.4	667.3
Total net sales	2,571.6	2,528.6	5,110.1	5,053.5
Products cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	1,641.7	1,689.6	3,310.0	3,392.5
Services cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	331.7	244.3	643.6	486.4
Total cost of sales	1,973.4	1,933.9	3,953.6	3,878.9
Products gross profit	493.3	500.1	954.7	993.7
Services gross profit	104.9	94.6	201.8	180.9
Total gross profit	598.2	594.7	1,156.5	1,174.6
Selling, general and administrative expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	294.2	275.9	576.4	559.4
Restructuring and impairment charges-net (Note 6)	19.8	34.0	42.5	84.0
Depreciation and amortization	111.0	120.9	224.6	245.9
Income from operations	173.2	163.9	313.0	285.3
Interest expense-net	65.5	63.6	128.3	124.3
Investment and other expense - net	6.0	4.8	9.5	3.6
Loss on debt extinguishment			35.6	12.1
Earnings before income taxes	101.7	95.5	139.6	145.3
Income tax expense	35.2	6.5	47.8	18.4
Net earnings	66.5	89.0	91.8	126.9
Less: Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	1.1	0.2	(0.7)	0.7
Net earnings attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders	$ 65.4	$ 88.8	$ 92.5	$ 126.2
Net earnings per share attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders (Note 10):
Basic net earnings per share	$ 0.36	$ 0.49	$ 0.51	$ 0.70
Diluted net earnings per share	$ 0.36	$ 0.49	$ 0.51	$ 0.69
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.52	$ 0.52
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	182.0	180.7	181.6	180.1
Diluted	183.2	181.8	183.1	181.9