CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2013	Dec. 28, 2012
Revenues:
Product	$ 481,436	$ 468,008
Service	230,066	210,390
Total revenues	711,502	678,398
Cost of revenues:
Product	298,534	294,925
Service	103,389	92,385
Total cost of revenues	401,923	387,310
Gross margin	309,579	291,088
Operating expenses:
Research and development	58,003	47,117
Selling, general and administrative	109,582	106,481
Total operating expenses	167,585	153,598
Operating earnings	141,994	137,490
Interest income	2,265	1,539
Interest expense	(1,893)	(866)
Earnings before taxes	142,366	138,163
Taxes on earnings	44,406	42,880
Net earnings	$ 97,960	$ 95,283
Net earnings per share – basic	$ 0.92	$ 0.87
Net earnings per share – diluted	$ 0.91	$ 0.86
Shares used in the calculation of net earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic	105,986	109,298
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted	107,449	111,144