CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Products net sales	$ 1,288.9	$ 1,242.7
Services net sales	387.4	402.9
Total net sales	1,676.3	1,645.6
Products cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	1,024.3	971.9
Services cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	324.2	341.2
Total cost of sales	1,348.5	1,313.1
Products gross profit	264.6	270.8
Services gross profit	63.2	61.7
Total gross profit	327.8	332.5
Selling, general and administrative expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	222.7	229.3
Restructuring, impairment and other charges-net (Note 7)	9.1	5.3
Depreciation and amortization	48.6	52.6
Other operating income		(12.3)
Income from operations	47.4	57.6
Interest expense-net	48.3	50.4
Investment and other expense (income) -net	48.7	(0.1)
(Loss) earnings before income taxes	(49.6)	7.3
Income tax expense	0.2	3.4
Net (loss) earnings from continuing operations	(49.8)	3.9
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 2)		36.2
Net (loss) earnings	(49.8)	40.1
Less: Income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.3	0.3
Net (loss) earnings attributable to RRD common stockholders	$ (50.1)	$ 39.8
Basic net (loss) earnings per share attributable to RRD common stockholders (Note 11):
Continuing operations	$ (0.71)	$ 0.05
Discontinued operations		0.52
Net (loss) earnings attributable to RRD stockholders	(0.71)	0.57
Diluted net (loss) earnings per share attributable to RRD common stockholders (Note 11):
Continuing operations	(0.71)	0.05
Discontinued operations		0.52
Net (loss) earnings attributable to RRD	(0.71)	0.57
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.14	$ 0.78
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	70.1	69.9
Diluted	70.1	70.3