CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Products net sales	$ 2,359.0	$ 2,480.7	$ 6,883.8	$ 7,147.1
Services net sales	469.0	477.1	1,438.4	1,387.0
Total net sales	2,828.0	2,957.8	8,322.2	8,534.1
Products cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	1,844.8	1,942.1	5,386.5	5,570.8
Services cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	363.3	368.1	1,120.3	1,080.3
Total cost of sales	2,208.1	2,310.2	6,506.8	6,651.1
Products gross profit	514.2	538.6	1,497.3	1,576.3
Services gross profit	105.7	109.0	318.1	306.7
Total gross profit	619.9	647.6	1,815.4	1,883.0
Selling, general and administrative expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	328.4	334.4	972.4	990.2
Restructuring, impairment and other charges-net (Note 6)	52.9	19.9	104.9	87.9
Depreciation and amortization	115.3	119.6	341.5	357.0
Income from operations	123.3	173.7	396.6	447.9
Interest expense-net	69.0	71.2	207.2	213.0
Investment and other expense-net	3.0	2.0	43.2	8.9
Loss on debt extinguishment				77.1
Earnings before income taxes	51.3	100.5	146.2	148.9
Income tax expense	39.7	35.7	79.1	51.7
Net earnings	11.6	64.8	67.1	97.2
Less: (Loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(2.7)	2.6	(13.0)	(0.7)
Net earnings attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders	$ 14.3	$ 62.2	$ 80.1	$ 97.9
Net earnings per share attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders (Note 9):
Basic net earnings per share	$ 0.07	$ 0.31	$ 0.39	$ 0.49
Diluted net earnings per share	0.07	0.31	0.39	0.49
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.78	$ 0.78
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	209.2	200.3	204.3	197.9
Diluted	210.3	201.6	205.5	199.4