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Business acquisition contingent consideration period.

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Business acquisition purchase price allocation goodwill expected tax not deductible amount.

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Business acquisition purchase price amount held in escrow to secure indemnification obligations.

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Fair value assumptions earnings projections.

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Internal rate of return.

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Percentage of revenue on existing technology.

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Probability of success.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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This element represents the amount of any change recognized during the period in the high-end of the estimated range of outcomes (undiscounted) of a liability assumed in a business combination arising from an item of contingent consideration.

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This element represents the amount of any change recognized during the period in the low-end of the estimated range of outcomes (undiscounted) of a liability assumed in a business combination arising from an item of contingent consideration.

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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The cash inflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period (for example, cash that was held by the acquired business).

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisition - Additional Information (Detail)			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Acquisition - Additional Information (Detail)	Feb. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2017 DKK	Apr. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2017 DKK
Contingent Consideration Liability [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value key assumptions			Key assumptions in estimating the fair value of the contingent consideration liability include (1) the estimated earnout targets over the next seven years of $407,000-$1,280,000, (2) the probability of success (achievement of the various contingent events) from 1.6%-87.2% and (3) a risk-adjusted discount rate of approximately 1.77%-3.35% used to adjust the probability-weighted earnout payments to their present value.
Estimated target period			7 years
Estimated earnout targets			$ 1,280,000
Estimated earnout targets			$ 407,000
Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Internal rate of return			19.00%
Fair value key assumptions			Key assumptions in estimating the fair value of the intangibles include (1) remaining life of existing technology acquired based on estimate of percentage of revenue from 0% -100% for each product, (2) the Company's internal rate of return of 19.0% and (3) a range of earnings projections from $121,000-$1,070,000.
Intangible Assets [Member] \| Contingent Consideration Liability [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated target period			7 years
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquisition	$ 9,100,000	DKK 62,900,000
Purchase price of acquisition amount held in escrow	900,000				DKK 6,400,000
Cash acquired from acquisition	$ 100,000	DKK 976,000.0
Additional contingent consideration period	7 years	7 years
General and administrative expense			$ 700,000
Goodwill not deductible for tax purposes	$ 7,400,000
TrojanLabel ApS [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
General and administrative expense			$ 100,000	$ 600,000
TrojanLabel ApS [Member] \| Earn-Out Payments, if 80% of Specified Earnings Targets are Achieved [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Minimum percentage required to entitle additional contingent consideration	80.00%	80.00%
Business acquisition contingent consideration potential earn-out payments	$ 5,000,000				32,500,000
TrojanLabel ApS [Member] \| Earn-Out Payments, if 100% of Specified Earnings Targets are Achieved [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Minimum percentage required to entitle additional contingent consideration	100.00%	100.00%
Business acquisition contingent consideration potential earn-out payments	$ 5,800,000				40,600,000
TrojanLabel ApS [Member] \| Earn-Out Payments, if 120% of Specified Earnings Targets are Achieved [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Minimum percentage required to entitle additional contingent consideration	120.00%	120.00%
Business acquisition contingent consideration potential earn-out payments	$ 7,000,000				DKK 48,700,000
Minimum [Member] \| Contingent Consideration Liability [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Probability of success			1.60%
Fair value assumptions, risk-adjusted discount rate			1.77%
Minimum [Member] \| Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue on existing technology			0.00%
Fair value assumptions, Earnings projections			$ 121,000
Maximum [Member] \| Contingent Consideration Liability [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Probability of success			87.20%
Fair value assumptions, risk-adjusted discount rate			3.35%
Maximum [Member] \| Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue on existing technology			100.00%
Fair value assumptions, Earnings projections			$ 1,070,000