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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
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 27, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items]
Beginning balance	$ 155,800,000us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 79,703,000us-gaap_Goodwill			$ 58,600,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Impairment charge		(9,114,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
Acquisition	2,336,000,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
Ending balance	2,489,510,000us-gaap_Goodwill	94,942,000us-gaap_Goodwill			58,600,000us-gaap_Goodwill
LaserBand LLC [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisition		24,353,000us-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			0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember
Acquisition			60,900,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember	60,858,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember
Enterprise Business [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisition	$ 2,335,994,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember

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