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Nature of Operations, Segment Reporting and Geographical Information - Summary of Selected Financial Information by Geographic Area (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2014
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 88,347us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 68,592us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Long-Lived Assets	11,077us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets	10,992us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
United States [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales	61,494us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US	48,679us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US
Long-Lived Assets	10,422us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US	10,115us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US
Europe [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales	18,181us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = exch_BATE	14,909us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = exch_BATE
Long-Lived Assets	383us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = exch_BATE	538us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = exch_BATE
Canada [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales	3,934us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA	2,569us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA
Long-Lived Assets	272us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA	339us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA
Asia [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,408us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaMember	1,167us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_AsiaMember
Central and South America [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,919us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = alot_CentralAndSouthAmericaMember	908us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = alot_CentralAndSouthAmericaMember
Other [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 1,411us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = alot_OtherCountriesMember	$ 360us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = alot_OtherCountriesMember

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- Definition

Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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