| **Information on Business Segments (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)In Millions, unless otherwise specified** | 12 Months Ended |
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| **Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]**                                                            |            |   |   |
| Number of Operating Segments                                                                              | 3               |   |   |
| Products manufactured by company                                                                          | 50.00%          |   |   |
| Products sourced outside of company                                                                       | 50.00%          |   |   |
| Concentration risk, number of customers                                                                   | 5               |   |   |
| Concentration risk, sales                                                                                 | $ 680.5         | $ 716.2 | $ 508.2 |
| Concentration risk, trade account receivable                                                              | 194.0           | 184.3 |   |
| Sales | Staples [Member]                                                                                  |            |   |   |
| **Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]**                                                            |            |   |   |
| Concentration risk, sales                                                                                 | 229.5           | 236.3 | 175.9 |
| Concentration risk, percentage                                                                            | 13.00%          | 13.00% | 13.00% |
| Sales | Office Depot [Member]                                                                             |            |   |   |
| **Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]**                                                            |            |   |   |
| Concentration risk, sales                                                                                 |            |   | $ 138.9 |
| Concentration risk, percentage                                                                            |            |   | 11.00% |

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Concentration Risk, Number of Customers
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Concentration Risk, Revenue
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Concentration Risk, Trade Account Receivable
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Products Manufactured by Company, Percent
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Products Sourced Outside of Company, Percent
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| - Definition
For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.
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| - Definition
Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.
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