Product and Services Net Sales (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	$ 9,715.2us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 8,765.8us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 8,835.1us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Total services	1,888.2us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	1,714.5us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	1,386.8us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet
Total net sales	11,603.4us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	10,480.3us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	10,221.9us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Magazines, catalogs and retail inserts
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	2,223.5	2,370.0	2,445.1
Commercial and Digital Print
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	1,851.7	966.4	1,021.0
Books
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	1,149.4	1,202.2	1,117.0
Financial print related services
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	722.2	775.1	747.4
Total services	292.3	230.2	212.9
Statements
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	641.3	666.0	747.4
Direct Mail
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	613.2	571.7	559.9
Labels
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	523.3	488.1	463.4
Office products
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	496.3	238.9	262.5
Packaging and related products
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	484.0	464.3	407.0
Forms
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	462.1	491.9	480.5
Global Turnkey Solutions
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	341.7	305.4	289.8
Directories
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	206.5	225.8	294.1
Logistics services
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total services	1,211.3	1,105.9	786.7
Business process outsourcing
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total services	195.8	188.8	211.0
Digital And Creative Solutions
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total services	$ 188.8	$ 189.6	$ 176.2

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