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Other Assets - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Other Assets Non Current [Line Items] |  |  |
Acquisition of long-term investment | $ 2,454,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireLongtermInvestments | $ 12,021,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireLongtermInvestments | $ 9,125,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireLongtermInvestments
Other long-term assets | 28,448,000 us-gaap_OtherAssetsMiscellaneousNoncurrent | 1,522,000 us-gaap_OtherAssetsMiscellaneousNoncurrent |
Enterprise Business [Member] |  |  |
Other Assets Non Current [Line Items] |  |  |
Acquisition of long-term investment | 10,400,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireLongtermInvestments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |
Long-term trade receivable | 16,900,000 us-gaap_TradeReceivablesHeldForSaleNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |
Other long-term assets | $ 11,300,000 us-gaap_OtherAssetsMiscellaneousNoncurrent / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |
Enterprise Business [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Other Assets Non Current [Line Items] |  |  |
Percentage of interest acquired | 2.00%zbra_PercentageOfInterestAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember |  |
Enterprise Business [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Other Assets Non Current [Line Items] |  |  |
Percentage of interest acquired | 8.30%zbra_PercentageOfInterestAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember |  |

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- Definition Amount classified as trade receivables attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28367877&loc=d3e4428-111522 + Details
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