Consolidated Statements Of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Revenues:
Product	$ 71,155	$ 78,746	$ 72,285
Service	12,479	9,985	10,942
Total revenues	83,634	88,731	83,227
Cost of revenues:
Product	34,767	37,981	35,491
Service	6,846	7,240	7,403
Total cost of revenues	41,613	45,221	42,894
Gross profit	42,021	43,510	40,333
Operating expenses:
Research and development	7,257	6,506	7,143
Selling, general and administrative	30,093	25,432	21,944
Amortization of purchased intangibles	223
Total operating expenses	37,573	31,938	29,087
Operating income	4,448	11,572	11,246
Other income (expense):
Interest, net	195	507	1,542
Realized gain on sale of marketable securities			278
Gain (loss) on currency exchange	17	14	48
Other, net	9	3	(2)
Total other income, net	221	524	1,866
Income before income taxes	4,669	12,096	13,112
Income tax expense	1,997	4,494	4,617
Net income	2,672	7,602	8,495
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest	163	98
Net income attributable to Rimage	$ 2,835	$ 7,700	$ 8,495
Net income per basic share	$ 0.29	$ 0.81	$ 0.91
Net income per diluted share	$ 0.29	$ 0.80	$ 0.89
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	9,674	9,524	9,374
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	9,699	9,596	9,507