CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Products net sales	$ 2,172.2	$ 2,260.3
Services net sales	479.2	485.8
Total net sales	2,651.4	2,746.1
Products cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	1,701.2	1,780.3
Services cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	380.9	386.1
Total cost of sales	2,082.1	2,166.4
Products gross profit	471.0	480.0
Services gross profit	98.3	99.7
Total gross profit	569.3	579.7
Selling, general and administrative expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	331.6	330.9
Restructuring, impairment and other charges-net (Note 6)	9.7	19.8
Depreciation and amortization	107.0	113.4
Other operating income	(12.3)
Income from operations	133.3	115.6
Interest expense-net	68.2	69.0
Investment and other expense-net		28.3
Earnings before income taxes	65.1	18.3
Income tax expense	25.0	6.4
Net earnings	40.1	11.9
Less: Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.3	(10.4)
Net earnings attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders	$ 39.8	$ 22.3
Net earnings per share attributable to RR Donnelley common shareholders (Note 10):
Basic net earnings per share	$ 0.19	$ 0.11
Diluted net earnings per share	0.19	0.11
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.26	$ 0.26
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	209.6	200.6
Diluted	210.8	202.1