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Investments (Details) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2014 | Jan. 31, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |
Investment owned shares | 594,530us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceShares |
DSS Technology Management [Member] |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |
Percent of outstanding common stock | 6.00%dss_PercentOfOutstandingCommonStock / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember |
Total cash investment | $ 400,000dss_CashInvestmentNet / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember | $ 100,000dss_CashInvestmentNet / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember

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