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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
	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	$ 5,675zbra_ChangeInGainsLossesFromForeignExchangeDerivatives	$ (1,998)zbra_ChangeInGainsLossesFromForeignExchangeDerivatives	$ (1,347)zbra_ChangeInGainsLossesFromForeignExchangeDerivatives
Gain (loss) on net foreign currency assets	(14,434)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized	1,474us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized	406us-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				4,574us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = zbra_EuroOverUsDollarMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeForwardMember	0us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = zbra_EuroOverUsDollarMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeForwardMember	40,218us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = zbra_PoundOverUsDollarMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeForwardMember	41,021us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = zbra_PoundOverUsDollarMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeForwardMember
Net fair value of outstanding contracts	$ 250us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet	$ 33us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet

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