Overview	9 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Overview	(1) Overview Headquartered in West Warwick, Rhode Island, Astro-Med Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and distributes a broad range of specialty printers and data acquisition and analysis systems. Our products are distributed through our own sales force and authorized dealers in the United States. We also sell to customers outside of the United States primarily through our Company offices in Canada, Mexico, Europe and Southeast Asia as well as with independent dealers and representatives. Astro-Med’s products are employed around the world in a wide range of aerospace, apparel, automotive, avionics, chemical, computer peripherals, communications, distribution, food and beverage, general manufacturing, packaging and transportation applications. On September 25, 2015, the Company announced it will begin doing business as AstroNova on a worldwide basis. The name change is part of our plan to modernize the Company and effectively communicate our strategy. The AstroNova name and brand emphasizes our traditional strengths in aerospace and acknowledges our expanding presence in test and measurement, product identification and other new areas where we can apply our data visualization technology. Astro-Med’s Ruggedized products and Test and Measurement business will adopt the AstroNova brand. QuickLabel Systems products will continue to go to market under the QuickLabel^® brand. The Company has filed for trademark protection of the AstroNova name and logo in the United States and other countries. The Company will continue to trade on NASDAQ stock exchange under its official name, Astro-Med, Inc., using its present ticker symbol, ALOT. Unless otherwise indicated, references to “Astro-Med,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q refer to Astro-Med, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

(1) Overview

Headquartered in West Warwick, Rhode Island, Astro-Med Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and distributes a broad range of specialty printers and data acquisition and analysis systems. Our products are distributed through our own sales force and authorized dealers in the United States. We also sell to customers outside of the United States primarily through our Company offices in Canada, Mexico, Europe and Southeast Asia as well as with independent dealers and representatives. Astro-Med’s products are employed around the world in a wide range of aerospace, apparel, automotive, avionics, chemical, computer peripherals, communications, distribution, food and beverage, general manufacturing, packaging and transportation applications.

On September 25, 2015, the Company announced it will begin doing business as AstroNova on a worldwide basis. The name change is part of our plan to modernize the Company and effectively communicate our strategy. The AstroNova name and brand emphasizes our traditional strengths in aerospace and acknowledges our expanding presence in test and measurement, product identification and other new areas where we can apply our data visualization technology. Astro-Med’s Ruggedized products and Test and Measurement business will adopt the AstroNova brand. QuickLabel Systems products will continue to go to market under the QuickLabel^® brand.

The Company has filed for trademark protection of the AstroNova name and logo in the United States and other countries.

The Company will continue to trade on NASDAQ stock exchange under its official name, Astro-Med, Inc., using its present ticker symbol, ALOT.

Unless otherwise indicated, references to “Astro-Med,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q refer to Astro-Med, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.