CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Products net sales	$ 1,263.4	$ 1,231.7	$ 2,552.3	$ 2,474.4
Services net sales	382.6	400.9	770.0	803.8
Total net sales	1,646.0	1,632.6	3,322.3	3,278.2
Products cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	1,020.7	985.2	2,045.0	1,957.1
Services cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	322.2	331.0	646.4	672.2
Total cost of sales	1,342.9	1,316.2	2,691.4	2,629.3
Products gross profit	242.7	246.5	507.3	517.3
Services gross profit	60.4	69.9	123.6	131.6
Total gross profit	303.1	316.4	630.9	648.9
Selling, general and administrative expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	213.2	233.6	435.9	462.9
Restructuring, impairment and other charges-net (Note 7)	3.8	8.2	12.9	13.5
Depreciation and amortization	47.5	49.9	96.1	102.5
Other operating income				(12.3)
Income from operations	38.6	24.7	86.0	82.3
Interest expense-net	45.5	51.4	93.8	101.8
Investment and other (income) expense -net	(93.1)	0.7	(44.4)	0.6
Loss on debt extinguishments	13.6		13.6
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	72.6	(27.4)	23.0	(20.1)
Income tax benefit	(4.1)	(4.4)	(3.9)	(1.0)
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	76.7	(23.0)	26.9	(19.1)
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 2)		8.7		44.9
Net earnings (loss)	76.7	(14.3)	26.9	25.8
Less: Income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5
Net earnings (loss) attributable to RRD common stockholders	$ 76.5	$ (14.5)	$ 26.4	$ 25.3
Basic net earnings (loss) per share attributable to RRD common stockholders (Note 11):
Continuing operations	$ 1.09	$ (0.33)	$ 0.38	$ (0.28)
Discontinued operations		0.12		0.64
Net earnings (loss) attributable to RRD stockholders	1.09	(0.21)	0.38	0.36
Diluted net earnings (loss) per share attributable to RRD common stockholders (Note 11):
Continuing operations	1.09	(0.33)	0.38	(0.28)
Discontinued operations		0.12		0.64
Net earnings (loss) attributable to RRD	1.09	(0.21)	0.38	0.36
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.14	$ 0.78	$ 0.28	$ 1.56
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	70.1	70.0	70.1	69.9
Diluted	70.2	70.0	70.3	69.9