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Acquisitions - Summary of Preliminary Purchase Price Allocations (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Nov. 30, 2014	Feb. 28, 2014	Feb. 28, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 27, 2013	Jun. 16, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 60,241us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 115,207us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 121,809us-gaap_Goodwill
Folder Express [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Accounts receivable				1,171
Inventories				2,102
Other assets				196
Property, plant & equipment				1,617
Goodwill				2,574
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities				(493)
Total purchase consideration				14,607
Folder Express [Member] \| Trade names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Customer lists and Trade names				1,520
Folder Express [Member] \| Customer lists [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Customer lists and Trade names				5,920
Wisco and NIC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Accounts receivable					3,331
Inventories					2,391
Other assets					581
Property, plant & equipment					4,889
Goodwill					9,462
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities					(3,404)
Total purchase consideration					47,250
Wisco and NIC [Member] \| Trade names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Customer lists and Trade names					3,600
Wisco and NIC [Member] \| Customer lists [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Customer lists and Trade names					26,400
Sovereign Business Forms [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Accounts receivable						2,477
Inventories						1,305
Other assets						653
Property, plant & equipment						3,300
Goodwill						945
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities						(1,000)
Total purchase consideration						10,633
Sovereign Business Forms [Member] \| Trade names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Customer lists and Trade names						1,403
Sovereign Business Forms [Member] \| Customer lists [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Customer lists and Trade names						$ 1,550