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Debt Additional Information (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Cash payments paid for interest $ 15.9us-gaap_InterestPaid $ 10.5us-gaap_InterestPaid
Amortization of net (loss) gain on treasury lock 1.4us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet 1.4us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet
Amortization of financing costs 0.4us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts 0.5us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
Patronage Refunds 4.1us-gaap_PatronageRefunds 0.8us-gaap_PatronageRefunds
Book value of fixed rate debt 1,647.0us-gaap_LongtermDebtPercentageBearingFixedInterestAmount  
Book value of variable rate debt 706.9us-gaap_LongtermDebtPercentageBearingVariableInterestAmount  
Long-term debt (fixed-rate debt), fair value 1,737.6us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue  
Unsecured Debt | Seven-Year Term Loan, due October 2020    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Repayment of debt $ 1.6us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= pkg_TermloanDueOctober2020Member
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_UnsecuredDebtMember