Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual)			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2016 Facility	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Loss on deconsolidation of RED	[1]			$ 15,000,000
Foreign exchange loss from remeasurement of Venezuela monetary assets						$ 16,000,000
Advertising Expense				9,000,000	$ 6,000,000	10,000,000
ASU 2016-218 [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Restricted cash			$ 44,000,000	44,000,000	53,000,000
Other Long-Term Assets [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated recoveries			24,000,000	$ 24,000,000	24,000,000
Maximum [Member] | Equipment Subject to Operating Leases [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life				7 years
Minimum [Member] | Equipment Subject to Operating Leases [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life				3 years
Venezuelan Subsidiary Foreign Currency Exchange Controls [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Foreign exchange loss from remeasurement of Venezuela monetary assets				$ 0	2,000,000	$ 16,000,000
RED Investment, LLC and RED-Rochester, LLP [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Loss on deconsolidation of RED			15,000,000
RED Investment, LLC and RED-Rochester, LLP [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of facility acquired | Facility		4
Loss on deconsolidation of RED				15,000,000
Kodak's Venezuelan Subsidiary [Member] | Venezuelan Bolivars Fuertes
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Foreign Denominated Monetary Assets					$ 1,000,000
Kodak's Venezuelan Subsidiary [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Venezuelan Bolivars Fuertes
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Foreign Denominated Monetary Assets			$ 1,000,000	1,000,000
Drupa [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Advertising Expense				$ 4,000,000

[1] Refer to Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Basis of Consolidation.”