Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($) Division	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale [Abstract]
Number of division discontinued | Division	3
Number of company owned facilities identified for sale | Division	1
Facility held-for-sale carrying amount	$ 257,000
Interest expense allocated to discontinued operation	0	$ 0	$ 615,000
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment	0	0	2,270,685
Sale of property and equipment	86,999	502,829	170,348
Disposal group including discontinued operation income statement [Abstract]
Net sales			11,144,240
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations			(255,214)
Income tax benefit (expense)			66.062
Gain on sale of discontinued operations			443.304
Income tax on sale (expense)			(171,210)
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued operations	$ 0	$ 0	82,942
Printing [Member]
Disposal group including discontinued operation income statement [Abstract]
Net sales			2,190,236
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations			(746,581)
Income tax benefit (expense)			250,670
Gain on sale of discontinued operations			(103,802)
Income tax on sale (expense)			34,338
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued operations			(565,375)
Herald-Dispatch [Member]
Disposal group including discontinued operation income statement [Abstract]
Net sales			8,954,004
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations			491,367
Income tax benefit (expense)			(184,608)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations			547,106
Income tax on sale (expense)			(205,548)
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued operations			648,317
Blue Ridge [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary assets			942,000
Reduced net liquidity adjustments on net commission			22,000
Champion Publishing [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary assets			$ 9,700,000