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Stockholders' Equity (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Dec. 09, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Feb. 26, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	May 15, 2013
Common stock dividends paid		$ 157.4us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	$ 109.1us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	$ 117.8us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.40us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 1.60us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 1.51us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	$ 1.00us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
Subsequent Event
Common stock dividends paid						$ 39.4us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Dividends declared per common share					$ 0.55us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Annual Dividend [Member]
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Annual Dividend [Member] | Subsequent Event
Dividends declared per common share					$ 2.20us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared / us-gaap_DividendsAxis = pkg_AnnualDividendMember / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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-Publisher SEC

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Financing Activities

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