Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended					6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013 Division	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013 Printing Division [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Office Furniture Division [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Newspaper Segment [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 CGC [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 CGC [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Division Held for Sale [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Division Held for Sale [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Donihe [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 Donihe [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 Donihe [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Donihe and Merten [Member]
Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale [Abstract]
Amount of consideration hold back by the buyer		$ 650,000
Loss (gain) on sale of assets		1,600,000
Cash proceeds from sale of assets		3,750,000
Number of division discontinued				2
Interest expense allocated to discontinued operation	4,000		68,000	12,000	136,000
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary assets									3,100,000
Impairment of long-lived assets held for sale															337,000
Goodwill impairment	0		9,510,933	2,226,837	9,510,933						309,000
Sale of property and equipment																1,050,000
Sale of real estate													175,000
Disposal group including discontinued operation income statement [Abstract]
Net Sales				637,176	11,170,668				0	7,911,661			637,176	3,259,007
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations				(397,780)	46,691				0	119,101			(397,780)	(72,410)
Income tax benefit (expense)				0	(24,485)				0	(48,641)			0	24,156
Gain on sale of discontinued operations				0	0				0	0			0	0
Income tax (expense) on sale				0	0				0	0			0	0
Net income from discontinued operations	(101,427)		25,228	(397,780)	22,206				0	70,460			(397,780)	(48,254)
Assets [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable	3,164,979			3,164,979		211,958	1,783,010	1,170,011			0	0
Inventories	614,904			614,904		106,526	186,877	321,501			0	0
Other current assets	258,612			258,612		29,550	56,548	172,514			0	0
Property and equipment, net											1,219,073	369,073
Total current assets	4,038,495			4,038,495		348,034	2,026,435	1,664,026			1,219,073	369,073
Property and equipment, net	4,522,351			4,522,351		977,243	83,064	3,462,044			0	0
Other assets											0	0
Total noncurrent assets											0	0
Total assets held for sale/discontinued operations											1,219,073	369,073
Liabilities [Abstract]
Accounts payable											0	0
Deferred revenue											0	0
Accrued payroll and commissions											0	0
Taxes accrued and withheld											0	0
Accrued expenses											0	0
Debt											1,219,073	369,073
Total current liabilities											1,219,073	369,073
Total noncurrent liabilities											0	0
Total liabilities held for sale/discontinued operations											1,219,073	369,073
Assets, discontinued operations [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable	188,001	777,740		188,001
Inventories	0	283,467		0
Other current assets	14,317	0		14,317
Property and equipment, net	0	425,000		0
Total current assets	202,318	1,486,207		202,318
Property and equipment, net	0	0		0
Other assets	0	0		0
Total noncurrent assets	0	0		0
Total assets held for sale/discontinued operations	202,318	1,486,207		202,318
Liabilities, discontinued operations [Abstract]
Accounts payable	35,864	278,266		35,864
Deferred revenue	0	4,726		0
Accrued payroll and commissions	0	55,310		0
Taxes accrued and withheld	40,988	138,148		40,988
Accrued expenses	0	43,103		0
Debt	125,466	966,654		125,466
Total current liabilities	202,318	1,486,207		202,318
Total noncurrent liabilities	0	0		0
Total liabilities held for sale/discontinued operations	202,318	1,486,207		202,318
Assets, total [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable	188,001	777,740		188,001
Inventories	0	283,467		0
Other current assets	14,317	0		14,317
Property and equipment, net	369,073	1,644,073		369,073
Total current assets	571,391	2,705,280		571,391
Property and equipment, net	0	0		0
Other assets	0	0		0
Total noncurrent assets	0	0		0
Total assets held for sale/discontinued operations	571,391	2,705,280		571,391
Liabilities, total [Abstract]
Accounts payable	35,864	278,266		35,864
Deferred revenue	0	4,726		0
Accrued payroll and commissions	0	55,310		0
Taxes accrued and withheld	40,988	138,148		40,988
Accrued expenses	0	43,103		0
Debt	494,539	2,185,727		494,539
Total current liabilities	571,391	2,705,280		571,391
Total noncurrent liabilities	0	0		0
Total liabilities held for sale/discontinued operations	571,391	2,705,280		571,391
Assets [Abstract]
Number of operating segments	3			3
Assets (excludes certain divisional assets):
Accounts receivable, net	3,164,979			3,164,979		211,958	1,783,010	1,170,011			0	0
Inventory	614,904			614,904		106,526	186,877	321,501			0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	258,612			258,612		29,550	56,548	172,514			0	0
Total current assets	4,038,495			4,038,495		348,034	2,026,435	1,664,026			1,219,073	369,073
Long-term assets:
Property, plant and equipment, net	4,522,351			4,522,351		977,243	83,064	3,462,044			0	0
Intangible assets	5,054,635			5,054,635		0	0	5,054,635
Total long-term assets	9,576,986			9,576,986		977,243	83,064	8,516,679
Total assets	13,615,481			13,615,481		1,325,277	2,109,499	10,180,705
Liabilities (Excludes Debt Allocation) [Abstract]
Accounts payable	924,665			924,665		180,314	565,930	178,421
Deferred revenue	765,548			765,548		0	0	765,548
Accrued payroll and commissions	545,243			545,243		15,564	210,906	318,773
Taxes accrued and withheld	287,896			287,896		49,625	92,805	145,466
Accrued expenses	53,850			53,850		39,594	14,256	0
Total liabilities	$ 2,577,202			$ 2,577,202		$ 285,097	$ 883,897	$ 1,408,208