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Acquisitions and Strategic Investments (Pro Forma Information) (Details) (Vertis Holdings, Inc. and Brown Printing Company [Member], USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Vertis Holdings, Inc. and Brown Printing Company [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pro forma net sales	$ 5,007.6us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_VertisHoldingsInc.andBrownPrintingCompanyMember	$ 5,233.2us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_VertisHoldingsInc.andBrownPrintingCompanyMember	$ 5,166.7us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_VertisHoldingsInc.andBrownPrintingCompanyMember
Pro forma net earnings from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders	$ 17.8us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLoss / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_VertisHoldingsInc.andBrownPrintingCompanyMember	$ 40.9us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLoss / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_VertisHoldingsInc.andBrownPrintingCompanyMember	$ 59.0us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLoss / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_VertisHoldingsInc.andBrownPrintingCompanyMember
Pro forma diluted earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders (in usd per share)	$ 0.36us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareDiluted / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_VertisHoldingsInc.andBrownPrintingCompanyMember	$ 0.83us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareDiluted / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_VertisHoldingsInc.andBrownPrintingCompanyMember	$ 1.18us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareDiluted / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_VertisHoldingsInc.andBrownPrintingCompanyMember

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