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Geographic Area and Product Information (Net Sales by Products and Services) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Products	$ 4,197.5us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 4,186.6us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 3,638.6us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Services	664.9us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	609.3us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	455.4us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet
Total net sales	4,862.4us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	4,795.9us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	4,094.0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Catalog, magazines, retail inserts, books and directories [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Products	3,536.0us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_CatalogmagazinesretailinsertsbooksanddirectoriesMember	3,587.1us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_CatalogmagazinesretailinsertsbooksanddirectoriesMember	3,264.4us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_CatalogmagazinesretailinsertsbooksanddirectoriesMember
Other [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Products	63.5us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_OtherProductsMember	67.9us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_OtherProductsMember	32.3us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_OtherProductsMember
Logistics services [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Services	483.7us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_LogisticsServicesMember	465.6us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_LogisticsServicesMember	349.4us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_LogisticsServicesMember
Imaging and other services [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Services	181.2us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_ImagingAndOtherServicesMember	143.7us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_ImagingAndOtherServicesMember	106.0us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_ImagingAndOtherServicesMember
Direct Mail and Other Printed Products [Member] [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Products	$ 598.0us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_DirectMailandOtherPrintedProductsMemberMember	$ 531.6us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_DirectMailandOtherPrintedProductsMemberMember	$ 341.9us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = quad_DirectMailandOtherPrintedProductsMemberMember

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