CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Products net sales	$ 9,323.6	$ 9,715.2	$ 8,765.8
Services net sales	1,933.2	1,888.2	1,714.5
Total net sales	11,256.8	11,603.4	10,480.3
Products cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	7,282.3	7,581.6	6,816.9
Services cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	1,510.5	1,471.2	1,332.9
Total cost of sales	8,792.8	9,052.8	8,149.8
Products gross profit	2,041.3	2,133.6	1,948.9
Services gross profit	422.7	417.0	381.6
Total gross profit	2,464.0	2,550.6	2,330.5
Selling, general and administrative expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	1,300.0	1,427.0	1,181.5
Restructuring, impairment and other charges-net (Note 3)	122.6	133.7	133.5
Depreciation and amortization	454.0	474.0	435.8
Income from operations	587.4	515.9	579.7
Interest expense-net (Note 13)	276.0	282.1	261.4
Investment and other expense-net	43.6	9.6	27.4
Loss on debt extinguishment	0.0	77.1	81.9
Earnings before income taxes	267.8	147.1	209.0
Income tax expense (benefit) (Note 12)	129.4	26.3	(9.2)
Net earnings	138.4	120.8	218.2
Less: (Loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(12.7)	3.4	7.0
Net earnings attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders	$ 151.1	$ 117.4	$ 211.2
Net earnings per share attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders (Note 15):
Basic net earnings per share	$ 0.73	$ 0.59	$ 1.16
Diluted net earnings per share	$ 0.73	$ 0.59	$ 1.15
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
Basic	205.6	198.5	181.9
Diluted	206.8	200.0	183.5