DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2014
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 30, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Trading Symbol	SR
Entity Registrant Name	STANDARD REGISTER CO
Entity Central Index Key	0000093456
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-28
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Common Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	8,261,577
Common Class A
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	944,996