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Derivative Instruments - Financial Information Related to Hedging of Net Assets Included in Consolidated Statement of Earnings (Detail) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] Euro/US Dollar [Member] EUR (€) | Dec. 31, 2013 Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] Euro/US Dollar [Member] EUR (€) | Dec. 31, 2014 Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] Pound/US Dollar [Member] GBP (£) | Dec. 31, 2013 Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] Pound/US Dollar [Member] GBP (£)
Derivative [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in gains (losses) from foreign exchange derivatives | $ 5,675 zbra_ChangeInGainsLossesFromForeignExchangeDerivatives | $ (1,998)zbra_ChangeInGainsLossesFromForeignExchangeDerivatives | $ (1,347)zbra_ChangeInGainsLossesFromForeignExchangeDerivatives |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on net foreign currency assets | (14,434)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized | 1,474 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized | 406 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized |  |  |  |
Net foreign exchange loss | (8,759)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax | (524)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax | (941)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax |  |  |  |
Notional balance of outstanding contracts versus the dollar |  |  |  | 4,574 us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = zbra_EuroOverUsDollarMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeForwardMember | 0 us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = zbra_EuroOverUsDollarMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeForwardMember | 40,218 us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = zbra_PoundOverUsDollarMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeForwardMember | 41,021 us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = zbra_PoundOverUsDollarMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeForwardMember
Net fair value of outstanding contracts | $ 250 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet | $ 33 us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet |  |  |  |  |

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