Shares Repurchased During Period, Average of High and Low Trading Prices

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 29, 30
-Article 5

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 04
-Article 3

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION - Narrative (Details) - $ / shares		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 12, 2016	May 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchase of common shares			1,132,452	304,859	228,789
Schawk Inc \| Director and President
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchase of common shares		970,000
Purchase price (in dollars per share)		$ 50.6921625
Average of high/low trading prices (as a percent)	96.76%