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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |
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Nov. 30, 2014 | Nov. 30, 2013 | Nov. 30, 2014 | Nov. 30, 2013 | Jun. 16, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Sep. 27, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Oct. 03, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ 146,971,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | $ 136,550,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | $ 439,998,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | $ 410,304,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings before income taxes | (80,735,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments | 14,839,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments | (52,087,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments | 43,897,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments |  |  |  |  |  |
Sovereign Business Forms [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total purchase consideration |  |  |  |  | 10,633,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | 6,700,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember |  | 13,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember |  |  | 27,100,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember |  |  |  |
Earn out provision period |  |  |  |  | 4 years |  |  |  |  |
Additional earnings |  |  |  |  | 1,000,000 ebf_BusinessAcquisitionContingentEarnOutProvision / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember |  |  |  |  |
Earnings before income taxes | 900,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember |  | 2,000,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_SovereignBusinessFormsMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wisco and NIC [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total purchase consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 47,250,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember |  |
Net sales | 10,200,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember |  | 29,800,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings before income taxes | 1,700,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember |  | 4,700,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wisco and NIC [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  |  |  |  |  | 40,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_WiscoAndNicMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember |  |  |
Folder Express [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total purchase consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14,607,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_FolderExpressMember |
Net sales | 4,100,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_FolderExpressMember |  | 13,300,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_FolderExpressMember |  |  |  | 20,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_FolderExpressMember |  |  |
Earnings before income taxes | 300,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_FolderExpressMember |  | 1,300,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_FolderExpressMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hoosier Data Forms [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total purchase consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 200,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ebf_HoosierDataFormsMember

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