Basis of Presentation - Narrative (Detail) $ in Millions			9 Months Ended
	Oct. 06, 2016 USD ($) shares	Oct. 02, 2016 Entity	Sep. 30, 2016	Oct. 03, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2016 shares
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Reverse Stock Split, description			1-for-3 reverse stock split
Spinoff
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Reverse Stock Split, description			Immediately following the Distribution on October 1, 2016, the Company effected a one for three reverse stock split for RR Donnelley common stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”). The Reverse Stock Split was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on September 14, 2016 and previously approved by the Company’s stockholders at the annual meeting on May 19, 2016.
Reverse Stock Split, conversion ratio			0.3333
Spinoff | Board of Directors
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Reverse Stock Split, approval date			Sep. 14, 2016
Spinoff | Stockholders
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Reverse Stock Split, approval date			May 19, 2016
Subsequent Event
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Number of entities resulted from spinoff of an entity | Entity		2
Reverse Stock Split, conversion ratio		0.3333
Subsequent Event | Spinoff
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Aggregate number of fractional shares of common stock sold	3,088,000,000
Subsequent Event | Spinoff | Maximum
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Proceeds from sale of fractional shares of common stock | $	$ 0.1
Subsequent Event | Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.
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Number of common shares distributed during spinoff					26,200,000
Percentage of tax free distribution of common shares during spinoff					80.75%
Number of share distributed to each stockholder in spinoff transaction					0.125
Subsequent Event | Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. | Spinoff | Available-for-Sale Equity Securities
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Number of common shares held					6,200,000
Subsequent Event | LSC Communications, Inc.
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Number of common shares distributed during spinoff					26,200,000
Percentage of tax free distribution of common shares during spinoff					80.75%
Number of share distributed to each stockholder in spinoff transaction					0.125
Subsequent Event | LSC Communications, Inc. | Spinoff | Available-for-Sale Equity Securities
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Number of common shares held					6,200,000
Subsequent Event | Donnelley Financial and LSC | Spinoff | Available-for-Sale Equity Securities
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Investment held value | $				$ 350.1