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