CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 4,766.3	$ 5,473.2	$ 5,702.4
Cost of sales	3,789.2	4,389.3	4,580.3
Gross profit	977.1	1,083.9	1,122.1
Selling, general and administrative expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	597.5	687.7	729.5
Restructuring, impairment and other charges-net (Note 5)	100.0	36.7	38.6
Depreciation and amortization	145.7	162.6	172.7
Other operating expense (income)	25.8	11.6	(0.3)
Income from operations	108.1	185.3	181.6
Interest expense-net (Note 12)	135.1	150.6	168.3
Investment and other income-net	(14.1)	(16.7)	(20.4)
Loss on debt extinguishment	3.0	0.8	32.4
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(15.9)	50.6	1.3
Income tax expense (Note 11)	10.0	54.9	31.5
Net loss from continuing operations	(25.9)	(4.3)	(30.2)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax	127.4		0.3
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 2)	(2.5)	(88.4)	20.3
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations	124.9	(88.4)	20.6
Net income (loss)	99.0	(92.7)	(9.6)
Less: income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.5	0.5	1.4
Net income (loss) attributable to RRD common stockholders	$ 98.5	$ (93.2)	$ (11.0)
Basic and diluted net (loss) earnings per share attributable to RRD common stockholders (Note 14):
Continuing operations	$ (0.37)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.45)
Discontinued operations	1.73	(1.24)	0.29
Net Income (loss) attributable to RRD common stockholder	$ 1.36	$ (1.31)	$ (0.16)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	72.3	71.2	70.6
Diluted	72.3	71.2	70.6