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Debt (Debt Issuance Costs) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Oct. 10, 2014	Apr. 28, 2014
Extinguishment of Debt [Line Items]
Debt financing arrangements					$ 1,900,000,000quad_DebtInstrumentMaximumBorrowingCapacityUnder1.9BillionDebtFinancingAgreement
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Debt Inssuance Costs [Roll Forward]
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Amortization	3,800,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
Capitalized debt issuance cost	1,200,000us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts
Debt issuance costs, ending balance	20,000,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet	13,900,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet	17,900,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
Unamortized discount, beginning balance	700,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount	800,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
Amortization of debt discount	400,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium	100,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium	100,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium
Unamortized discount, ending balance	2,700,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount	700,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount	800,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscount
Financing Agreement July 2010 [Member]
Debt Inssuance Costs [Roll Forward]
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$1.5 billion debt financing arrangement [Member]
Extinguishment of Debt [Line Items]
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Debt Inssuance Costs [Roll Forward]
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$1.9 billion debt financing arrangement [Member]
Extinguishment of Debt [Line Items]
Unsecured senior notes					1,900,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / quad_FinancingArrangementAxis = quad_A1.9billiondebtfinancingarrangementMember
Debt Inssuance Costs [Roll Forward]
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Other Noncurrent Assets [Member] | November 24, 2014 Amendment to Master Note [Member]
Debt Inssuance Costs [Roll Forward]
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Other Noncurrent Assets [Member] | $1.9 billion debt financing arrangement [Member]
Debt Inssuance Costs [Roll Forward]
Capitalized debt issuance cost	11,000,000us-gaap_DebtIssuanceCosts / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = us-gaap_OtherNoncurrentAssetsMember / quad_FinancingArrangementAxis = quad_A1.9billiondebtfinancingarrangementMember
Discharge of Debt [Member] | Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Extinguishment of Debt [Line Items]
Redemption of senior notes				108,800,000us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAmount / quad_FinancingArrangementAxis = quad_SeniorUnsecuredNotesMember / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_DischargeOfDebtMember
Discharge of Debt [Member] | November 24, 2014 Amendment to Master Note [Member]
Extinguishment of Debt [Line Items]
Loss on debt extinguishment	200,000us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt / quad_FinancingArrangementAxis = quad_November242014AmendmenttoMasterNoteMember / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_DischargeOfDebtMember
Discharge of Debt [Member] | $1.9 billion debt financing arrangement [Member]
Debt Inssuance Costs [Roll Forward]
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Extinguishment of Debt and Transaction Fees [Member] | Discharge of Debt [Member] | Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Extinguishment of Debt [Line Items]
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