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Note Receivable and Line of Credit Issued - Additional Information (Detail)		3 Months Ended
	Jan. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($) Installment	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Receivables [Abstract]
Net sale price	$ 1,000,000
Promissory note interest rate	3.75%
Interest commencement date		Jan. 30, 2013
Interest installments | Installment		16
Revolving line of credit issued maximum		$ 600,000
Interest rate on outstanding credit balance		2.00%
Line of credit facility maturity date		Jan. 31, 2017
Extended revolving line of credit		$ 150,000	$ 150,000

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- Definition

Initial sales price of operation sold received in the form of a Promissory Note.

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Namespace Prefix:	alot_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

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- Definition

The current portion of the line of credit issued to purchaser of the Label Line business.

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Namespace Prefix:	alot_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

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- Definition

Initial date that interest was to commence on the Note Receivable.

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Namespace Prefix:	alot_
Data Type:	xbrli:dateItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

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- Definition

Loan receivable interest rate stated percentage.

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Name:	alot_LoanReceivableInterestRateStatedPercentage
Namespace Prefix:	alot_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

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- Definition

Number of installment payments of principal and interest to be made on the Note Receivable.

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Name:	alot_NumberOfInstallments
Namespace Prefix:	alot_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

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- Definition

Revolving line of credit facility issued maximum capacity.

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Name:	alot_RevolvingLineOfCreditFacilityIssuedMaximumCapacity
Namespace Prefix:	alot_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

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- Definition

Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:dateItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

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- Definition

The percentage points (also referred to as 'margin') added to the reference rate as stated in the loan agreement and used to compute the variable rate on the loans receivable. For instance, the loan agreement might state that the interest rate the borrower is obligated to pay is the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus three quarters (3/4) of a percentage point adjusted quarterly (each three months). LIBOR in this example is the index or reference rate, 3/4 percentage point is the margin, the reference rate plus the margin is the fully indexed rate. This element would be used to report separately the margin.

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Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

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Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration