Product and Services Net Sales (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	$ 8,765.8	[1]	$ 8,835.1	[1]	$ 9,375.1	[1]
Total services	1,714.5	[1]	1,386.8	[1]	1,235.9	[1]
Total net sales	10,480.3	[1]	10,221.9	[1]	10,611.0	[1]
Magazines Catalogs And Retail Inserts
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	2,370.0	[1]	2,445.1	[1]	2,468.4	[1]
Direct Mail
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	571.7	[1]	559.9	[1]	592.4	[1]
Statements
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	666.0	[1]	747.4	[1]	729.9	[1]
Books
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	1,202.2	[1]	1,117.0	[1]	1,314.0	[1]
Directories
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	225.8	[1]	294.1	[1]	356.3	[1]
Forms
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	491.9	[1]	480.5	[1]	524.0	[1]
Labels
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	488.1	[1]	463.4	[1]	503.8	[1]
Commercial and digital print
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	966.4	[1]	1,021.1	[1]	1,108.5	[1]
Financial print related services
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	775.1	[1]	747.4	[1]	893.2	[1]
Total services	230.2	[1]	212.9	[1]	161.3	[1]
Packaging and related products
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	464.3	[1]	407.0	[1]	373.0	[1]
Global Turnkey Solutions
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	305.4	[1]	289.7	[1]	290.9	[1]
Office products
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	238.9	[1]	262.5	[1]	220.7	[1]
Logistics services
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total services	1,105.9	[1]	786.7	[1]	706.8	[1]
Business process outsourcing
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total services	188.8	[1]	211.0	[1]	203.2	[1]
Digital And Creative Solutions
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total services	$ 189.6	[1]	$ 176.2	[1]	$ 164.6	[1]

[1] Certain prior year amounts were restated to conform to the Company’s current products and services categories.