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Discontinued Operations (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended					0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Canadian Operations, Excluding Vancouver [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 02, 2012 Canadian Operations, Excluding Vancouver [Member] employees facility	Mar. 02, 2012 Transcontinental [Member] CAD	Sep. 08, 2011 Transcontinental [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Transcontinental [Member] USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2011 Transcontinental [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 08, 2011 Transcontinental [Member] CAD	Jul. 12, 2011 Transcontinental [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Cash Settlement [Member] Transcontinental [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 02, 2012 Noncash Business Exchange of Net Assets [Member] Transcontinental [Member] USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Voting interest acquisition percentage												100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_TranscontinentalMember
Cash paid for acquisition										$ 1.2quad_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityEstimatedCashObligationDueContingentUponCompletionOfSaleOfDiscontinuedOperationsPayableInMonthlyInstallments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_TranscontinentalMember			$ 4.9quad_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityEstimatedCashObligationDueContingentUponCompletionOfSaleOfDiscontinuedOperationsPayableInMonthlyInstallments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_TranscontinentalMember / quad_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePricePlannedPaymentOrSettlementMethodAxis = quad_CashSettlementMember
Purchase price payable on business exchange transaction	2.1quad_PurchasePricePayableOnBusinessExchangeTransaction	0quad_PurchasePricePayableOnBusinessExchangeTransaction	0quad_PurchasePricePayableOnBusinessExchangeTransaction											57.5quad_PurchasePricePayableOnBusinessExchangeTransaction / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_TranscontinentalMember / quad_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePricePlannedPaymentOrSettlementMethodAxis = quad_NoncashBusinessExchangeOfNetAssetsMember
Deposit made on asset exchange	0quad_DepositMadeOnAssetExchange	0quad_DepositMadeOnAssetExchange	(50.0)quad_DepositMadeOnAssetExchange			50.0quad_DepositMadeOnAssetExchange / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_TranscontinentalMember
Foreign currency transaction	(5.9)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	(5.7)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	0.4us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax					1.6us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_TranscontinentalMember
Canadian dollar deposited											50.0quad_DepositOnAssetExchangeExpectationForRefundWhenTransactionCloses / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_TranscontinentalMember
Expected number of positions eliminated					1,500quad_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationExpectedNumberOfPositionsEliminated / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = quad_CanadianOperationsExcludingVancouverMember
Facilities sold					7quad_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationFacilitiesSold / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = quad_CanadianOperationsExcludingVancouverMember
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax [Abstract]
Fair value of the acquired Transcontinental Mexican operations							63.6us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_TranscontinentalMember
Cash paid to Transcontinental							(6.1)quad_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityTotalCashPaidOnContingentObligationRelatedToCompletingSaleOfDiscontinuedOperations / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_TranscontinentalMember
Net proceeds								57.5quad_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationProceedsNetOfTransactionPayments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_TranscontinentalMember
Net assets of discontinued operations								(27.2)quad_NetAssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_TranscontinentalMember
Cumulative translation adjustment of discontinued operations								3.7us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationForeignCurrencyTranslationGainsLosses / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_TranscontinentalMember
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of tax	0us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax	0us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax	34.0us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax					34.0us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = quad_TranscontinentalMember	[1]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Total net sales				32.2us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationRevenue / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = quad_CanadianOperationsExcludingVancouverMember
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes				(3.2)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = quad_CanadianOperationsExcludingVancouverMember
Income tax expense				0us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfDiscontinuedOperation / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = quad_CanadianOperationsExcludingVancouverMember
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax			30.8us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity	(3.2)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = quad_CanadianOperationsExcludingVancouverMember
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[1] For tax purposes the disposal of discontinued operations resulted in a long-term capital loss, for which a deferred tax asset was recorded. An offsetting valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset was recorded to reflect the expected value at which the asset will be recovered.

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