Product and Services Net Sales (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	$ 9,323.6	$ 9,715.2	$ 8,765.8
Total services	1,933.2	1,888.2	1,714.5
Total net sales	11,256.8	11,603.4	10,480.3
Magazines, catalogs and retail inserts
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	1,950.5	2,223.5	2,370.0
Commercial and Digital Print
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	1,885.0	1,851.7	966.4
Books
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	1,237.9	1,149.4	1,202.2
Financial print related services
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	681.7	722.2	775.1
Total services	309.0	292.3	230.2
Statements
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	607.5	641.3	666.0
Office products
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	560.2	496.3	238.9
Direct Mail
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	524.4	613.2	571.7
Labels
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	500.6	523.3	488.1
Packaging and related products
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	489.3	484.0	464.3
Forms
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	358.1	462.1	491.9
Global Turnkey Solutions
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	345.8	341.7	305.4
Directories
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total products	182.6	206.5	225.8
Logistics services
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total services	1,270.4	1,211.3	1,105.9
Business process outsourcing
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total services	193.4	195.8	188.8
Digital And Creative Solutions
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Total services	$ 160.4	$ 188.8	$ 189.6