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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2015	Nov. 30, 2014	Aug. 31, 2014	May 31, 2014	Feb. 28, 2014	Nov. 30, 2013	Aug. 31, 2013	May 31, 2013	Feb. 28, 2015	Feb. 28, 2014	Feb. 28, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 16, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 27, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Oct. 03, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 140,242,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 146,971,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 151,841,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 141,186,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 132,138,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 136,550,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 135,288,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 138,466,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 580,240,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 542,442,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 533,506,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Earnings before income taxes									(39,133,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	31,792,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	38,618,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Kay Toledo [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase consideration												16,238,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_KayToledoMember	16,238,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_KayToledoMember
Net sales									3,900,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_KayToledoMember				25,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_KayToledoMember
Earn out provision period												3 years
Additional earnings												1,000,000ebf_BusinessAcquisitionContingentEarnOutProvision / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_KayToledoMember
Earnings before income taxes									400,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_KayToledoMember
Sovereign [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase consideration														10,633,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember
Net sales									19,800,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember						27,100,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember
Earn out provision period														4 years
Additional earnings														1,000,000ebf_BusinessAcquisitionContingentEarnOutProvision / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember
Earnings before income taxes									2,900,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember
Wisco and NIC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase consideration																	47,250,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember
Net sales									40,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember
Earnings before income taxes									6,500,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember
Wisco and NIC [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net sales																40,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember
Folder Express [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase consideration																		14,607,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_FolderExpressMember
Net sales									16,500,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_FolderExpressMember							20,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_FolderExpressMember
Earnings before income taxes									1,400,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_FolderExpressMember
Hoosier Data Forms [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase consideration																			$ 200,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_HoosierDataFormsMember

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