Intangible Assets - Fair Value of Acquired Identifiable Intangible Assets and Related Estimated Useful Lives (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Oct. 29, 2022	Jan. 31, 2022
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 37,437	$ 36,437
Accumulated Amortization	(18,625)	(17,410)
Currency Translation Adjustment	53	173
Net Carrying Amount	18,866	19,200
Customer Contract Relationships [Member] \| Honeywell Asset Purchase and License Agreement [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	27,243	27,243
Accumulated Amortization	(11,702)	(11,073)
Net Carrying Amount	15,541	16,170
Customer Contract Relationships [Member] \| Miltope [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	3,100	3,100
Accumulated Amortization	(2,711)	(2,515)
Net Carrying Amount	389	585
Customer Contract Relationships [Member] \| RITEC [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	2,830	2,830
Accumulated Amortization	(1,606)	(1,557)
Net Carrying Amount	1,224	1,273
Existing Technology [Member] \| TrojanLabel ApS [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	2,327	2,327
Accumulated Amortization	(2,004)	(1,767)
Currency Translation Adjustment	59	127
Net Carrying Amount	382	687
Distributor Relations [Member] \| TrojanLabel ApS [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	937	937
Accumulated Amortization	(565)	(498)
Currency Translation Adjustment	(6)	46
Net Carrying Amount	366	$ 485
Customer Relationships [Member] \| Agreement With Astro Machine For Asset Acquisitions [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	1,000
Accumulated Amortization	(36)
Net Carrying Amount	$ 964

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