Note 14 - Disaggregated Revenue - Product Portfolio Summary (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2018		Dec. 31, 2017
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales		$ 1,325	[1]	$ 1,386
Print Systems [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[1]	895
Enterprise Inkjet Systems [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[1]	136
Software and Solutions [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[1]	84
Consumer and Film [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[1]	189
Advanced Materials and 3D Printing Technology [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[1]	4
Eastman Business Park [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[1]	17
Growth Engines [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[2]	341
Growth Engines [Member] | Print Systems [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[2]	159
Growth Engines [Member] | Enterprise Inkjet Systems [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[2]	84
Growth Engines [Member] | Software and Solutions [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[2]	84
Growth Engines [Member] | Consumer and Film [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[2]	11
Growth Engines [Member] | Advanced Materials and 3D Printing Technology [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[2]	3
Strategic Other Businesses [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[3]	880
Strategic Other Businesses [Member] | Print Systems [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[3]	700
Strategic Other Businesses [Member] | Consumer and Film [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[3]	162
Strategic Other Businesses [Member] | Advanced Materials and 3D Printing Technology [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[3]	1
Strategic Other Businesses [Member] | Eastman Business Park [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[3]	17
Planned Declining Businesses [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[4]	104
Planned Declining Businesses [Member] | Print Systems [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[4]	36
Planned Declining Businesses [Member] | Enterprise Inkjet Systems [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[4]	52
Planned Declining Businesses [Member] | Consumer and Film [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Sales	[4]	$ 16

[1] Sales are reported in the geographic area in which they originate. No non-U.S. country generated more than 10% of net sales in the year ended December 31, 2018

[2] Growth engines consist of Sonora, PROSPER, Software and Solutions, AM3D, excluding intellectual property (IP) licensing, and brand licensing.

[3] Strategic Other Businesses include plates, Computer to Plate (“CTP”) and related service, and Nexpress and related toner business in the Print Systems segment, Motion Picture and Industrial Film and Chemicals in the Consumer and Film segment, Eastman Business Park and IP licensing.

[4] Planned Declining Businesses are product lines where the decision has been made to stop new product development and manage an orderly expected decline in the installed product and annuity base. These product families consist of Consumer Inkjet in the Consumer and Film segment, Versamark in the Enterprise Inkjet Systems segment and Digimaster in the Print Systems segment.