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Acquisitions and Dispositions - Narrative (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Feb. 05, 2015
Mar. 25, 2014
Jan. 31, 2014
Aug. 15, 2014
Feb. 07, 2014
Mar. 10, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Acquisition-related expenses $ 10.5us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts $ 7.7us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts              
Gain on bargain purchase 0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationBargainPurchaseGainRecognizedAmount 16.6us-gaap_BusinessCombinationBargainPurchaseGainRecognizedAmount              
Proceeds from Divestiture of Businesses (0.2)us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinessesNetOfCashDivested 1.7us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinessesNetOfCashDivested              
Strategic Services segment | Journalism Online                  
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Net proceeds of disposition of business             10.7us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsideration
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Proceeds from Divestiture of Businesses 9.3us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinessesNetOfCashDivested
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Gain (loss) on disposition of business     11.2us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness
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International | RRDA                  
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Bankruptcy liquidation on effective of court approval     16.4rrd_LossFromBankruptcyLiquidation
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Net sales   9.6us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationRevenue
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Loss before income taxes   1.4us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationOperatingIncomeLoss
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International | GRES                  
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Net proceeds of disposition of business               1.8us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsideration
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Gain (loss) on disposition of business     (0.8)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness
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Courier Corporation                  
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Transaction value of acquisition       290.5us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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Esselte Corporation | Variable Print                  
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Transaction value of acquisition         100.6us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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Purchase price of acquisition, cash         82.3us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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Issuance of common stock shares for acquisitions of businesses         1.0us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued
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Fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired         110.1us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
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Gain on bargain purchase     9.5us-gaap_BusinessCombinationBargainPurchaseGainRecognizedAmount
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MultiCorpora R&D Inc. and MultiCorpora International Inc | Strategic Services                  
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired                 6.0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
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Consolidated Graphics, Inc | Variable Print and International segments                  
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Purchase price of acquisition, cash           359.9us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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Issuance of common stock shares for acquisitions of businesses           16.0us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued
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Fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired           660.6us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
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Debt assumed           118.4us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedFinancialLiabilities
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Esselte Multi Corpora And Consolidated Graphics Acquisition                  
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Tax deductible goodwill $ 73.4us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount
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