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Segment Information and Geographic Data - Net Sales by Country (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Entity Wide Accounts Receivable Major Customer [Line Items]
Total net sales	$ 1,670,572us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 1,038,159us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 996,168us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
United States [Member]
Entity Wide Accounts Receivable Major Customer [Line Items]
Total net sales	874,592us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_US	562,848us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_US	539,504us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_US
United Kingdom [Member]
Entity Wide Accounts Receivable Major Customer [Line Items]
Total net sales	558,279us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_GB	323,708us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_GB	317,793us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_GB
Singapore [Member]
Entity Wide Accounts Receivable Major Customer [Line Items]
Total net sales	154,357us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_SG	140,588us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_SG	134,349us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_SG
Other [Member]
Entity Wide Accounts Receivable Major Customer [Line Items]
Total net sales	$ 83,344us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = zbra_OtherSegmentMember	$ 11,015us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = zbra_OtherSegmentMember	$ 4,522us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = zbra_OtherSegmentMember

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- Definition

Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 1

-Article 5

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