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Derivative Instruments - Financial Information Related to Cash Flow Hedges of Future Revenues (Detail) (Cash Flow Hedging [Member]) 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] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] EUR (€)
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional balance of outstanding contracts versus the dollar				€ 88,969us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeForwardMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis = us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember	€ 85,627us-gaap_DerivativeAssetNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeForwardMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis = us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
Hedge effectiveness	100.00%zbra_DerivativePercentageOfHedgeEffectiveness / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis = us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember	100.00%zbra_DerivativePercentageOfHedgeEffectiveness / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis = us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
Net gains (losses) included in revenue	$ 1,578us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis = us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember	$ (4,294)us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis = us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember	$ 4,201us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis = us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payments on the derivative asset.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the fair value of derivatives recognized in the income statement.

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Derivative, percentage of hedge effectiveness.

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