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Income Taxes - Reconciliation From Federal Statutory Tax Rate to Effective Tax Rate (Detail)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations Tax Rate Reconciliation [Abstract]      
Federal statutory tax rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Adjustment of uncertain tax positions and interest (1.80%)rrd_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingenciesAndInterest (6.20%)rrd_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingenciesAndInterest 3.70%rrd_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingenciesAndInterest
Foreign tax rate differential (13.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (11.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential 3.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Domestic manufacturing deduction (3.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities (0.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities 0.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities
Acquisition-related expenses 0.90%rrd_AcquisitionRelatedExpense 0.70%rrd_AcquisitionRelatedExpense (0.10%)rrd_AcquisitionRelatedExpense
Change in valuation allowances 0.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 3.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (4.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
State and local income taxes, net of U.S. federal income tax benefit 3.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 2.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Impairment charges 4.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses (40.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses
Reorganization (10.10%)rrd_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationReorganization (32.80%)rrd_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationReorganization 3.90%rrd_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationReorganization
Foreign tax 1.70%rrd_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignTaxes 4.00%rrd_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignTaxes (1.70%)rrd_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignTaxes
Other 0.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 0.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (2.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective income tax rate 17.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations (4.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations (2.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations