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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Intangible assets, weighted-average useful life	4 years 1 month 6 days
Advertising expenses	$ 13,200,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	$ 7,600,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	$ 9,000,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Expected weighted-average life	5 years 4 months 10 days	5 years 5 months 1 day	5 years 5 months 23 days
Excess tax benefits in financing activities	6,127,000us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities	4,277,000us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities	1,578,000us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities
Transaction expenses	$ 126,700,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsExpensesAndLossesRecognized	$ 4,700,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsExpensesAndLossesRecognized	$ 3,100,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsExpensesAndLossesRecognized
Printers [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Product warranty Period	1 year
Printheads [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Product warranty Period	6 months
Batteries [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Product warranty Period	1 year
Battery Based Products [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Product warranty Period	90 days
Mobile Computing Products [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Product warranty Period	1 year
Wireless LAN Products [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Product warranty Period	1 year
Current Technology [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Intangible assets, weighted-average useful life	3 years 3 months 18 days
Trade Names [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Intangible assets, weighted-average useful life	3 years 8 months 12 days
Unpatented Technology [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Intangible assets, weighted-average useful life	3 years 6 months
Patents and Patent Rights [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Intangible assets, weighted-average useful life	3 years 2 months 12 days
Customer Relationships [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Intangible assets, weighted-average useful life	5 years 3 months 18 days
Buildings [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful lives	30 years
Minimum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Expected weighted-average life	3 months
Minimum [Member] | Advanced Data Capture Products [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Product warranty Period	1 year
Minimum [Member] | Property, Plant and Equipment, Other Types [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful lives	3 years
Maximum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Expected weighted-average life	1 year
Maximum [Member] | Equity-Based Compensation [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Expected weighted-average life	5 years
Maximum [Member] | Advanced Data Capture Products [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Product warranty Period	5 years
Maximum [Member] | Property, Plant and Equipment, Other Types [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful lives	10 years

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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