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Percentage Of Principal Amount Of Financing Contracts Held As Collateral

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Amounts due for services rendered or to be rendered, actions taken or to be taken, or a promise to refrain from taking certain actions in accordance with the terms of a legally binding agreement between the entity and, at a minimum, one other party. Such amounts may be billed or unbilled depending on the specifics of the contract.

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Amount of deferred revenue as of balance sheet date. Deferred revenue represents collections of cash or other assets related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized. Generally, an entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

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Customer Financing - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 28, 2012	Apr. 30, 2011	Apr. 24, 2010
Customer Financing [Line Items]
Maximum credit financed for equipment purchases for any one customer	$ 0.4
Number of customer financing contracts	2
Financing contracts sold under ASC 860	287.6	296.4	300.8
Current receivables of finance contracts not yet sold	81.8	78.5
Unearned income	7.4	3.6
Finance contracts receivable sold and outstanding	479.4
Residual receivable	78.9	78.0
Bad debt write-offs, percentage, maximum	1.00%
The Bank Of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Customer Financing [Line Items]
Percentage of principal amount of financing contracts received	84.00%
Percentage of principal amount of financing contracts held as collateral	16.00%
Maximum holdback receivable	500
U.S. Bank Group
Customer Financing [Line Items]
Maximum holdback receivable	75
Fifth Third National Bank
Customer Financing [Line Items]
Holdback receivable outstanding	$ 75