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Goodwill and Other Intangible Asset Data - Changes in Net Carrying Value of Goodwill (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Sep. 27, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Beginning balance | $ 155,800,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | $ 79,703,000 us-gaap_Goodwill |  |  | $ 58,600,000 us-gaap_Goodwill
Impairment charge |  | (9,114,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss |  |  |
Acquisition | 2,336,000,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod |  |  |  |
Ending balance | 2,489,510,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | 94,942,000 us-gaap_Goodwill |  |  | 58,600,000 us-gaap_Goodwill
LaserBand LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition |  | 24,353,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_LaserbandLlcMember |  |  |
Hart Systems LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill adjustment | (2,284,000)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember |  |  |  |
Impairment charge |  |  | 0 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember |  |
Acquisition |  |  | 60,900,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember | 60,858,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember |
Enterprise Business [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition | $ 2,335,994,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |

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