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Concentrations of Risk (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified			9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Workforce Subject to Collective Bargaining Arrangements	Sep. 30, 2014 Workforce Subject to Collective Bargaining Arrangements Expiring within One Year	Sep. 30, 2014 Office Depot (including OfficeMax) Credit Concentration Risk	Dec. 31, 2013 Office Depot (including OfficeMax) Credit Concentration Risk	Sep. 30, 2014 Office Depot (including OfficeMax) Total Company Sales Revenue Customer Concentration Risk	Sep. 30, 2014 Office Depot (including OfficeMax) Total Company Sales Revenue Customer Concentration Risk	Dec. 31, 2013 Office Depot (including OfficeMax) Total Company Receivables Customer Concentration Risk	Sep. 30, 2014 Office Depot (including OfficeMax) Total Company Receivables Customer Concentration Risk	Sep. 30, 2014 Paper Office Depot (including OfficeMax) Paper Segment Sales Revenue Customer Concentration Risk
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			50.00%	22.00%			9.00%	9.00%	6.00%	9.00%	44.00%
Accounts receivable, net, current	$ 717,947	$ 643,083			$ 64,600	$ 39,200
Number of employees of PCA	14,000
Percentage of hourly employees represented by unions	75.00%

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Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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