CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Income Statement [Abstract]
Products net sales	$ 1,286.6	$ 1,271.5
Services net sales	421.2	387.4
Total net sales	1,707.8	1,658.9
Products cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	1,051.9	1,007.8
Services cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	361.2	324.3
Total cost of sales	1,413.1	1,332.1
Products gross profit	234.7	263.7
Services gross profit	60.0	63.1
Total gross profit	294.7	326.8
Selling, general and administrative expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	214.6	225.8
Restructuring and other-net (Note 6)	0.8	9.1
Depreciation and amortization	47.2	48.6
Other operating income	(0.1)
Income from operations	32.2	43.3
Interest expense-net	41.7	48.3
Investment and other (income) expense-net	(5.6)	44.6
Loss on debt extinguishment	0.1
Loss before income taxes	(4.0)	(49.6)
Income tax expense	5.3	0.2
Net loss	(9.3)	(49.8)
Less: Income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.3	0.3
Net loss attributable to RRD common stockholders	$ (9.6)	$ (50.1)
Net loss per share attributable to RRD common stockholders (Note 10):
Basic net loss per share	$ (0.14)	$ (0.71)
Diluted net loss per share	(0.14)	(0.71)
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.14	$ 0.14
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	70.3	70.1
Diluted	70.3	70.1