Basis Of Presentation	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation [Text Block]	Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (“financial statements”) of Cenveo, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Cenveo” or the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and, in the Company’s opinion, include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position as of March 31, 2012, and the results of operations and cash flows as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to SEC rules. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2012 are generally not indicative of the results to be expected for any interim period or for the full year, primarily due to seasonality and restructuring, acquisition and debt related activities or transactions. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the SEC. It is the Company’s practice to close its fiscal quarters on the Saturday closest to the last day of the calendar quarter. The reporting periods for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, each consisted of 13 weeks. In 2011, the Company began exploring opportunities to divest certain non-strategic or underperforming businesses within its manufacturing platform. As a result, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2011, the financial results of the Company's documents and forms business as well as the Company's wide-format papers business have been accounted for as discontinued operations (collectively the “Discontinued Operations”) resulting in the Company's historical consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows being reclassified to reflect these discontinued operations separately from the Company's continuing operations for all periods presented. Effective January 1, 2012, the Company realigned operating responsibilities. In connection with this change in management reporting and strategy, the Company realigned its reportable segments, resulting in the prior year disclosure being updated to reflect current year presentation. New Accounting Pronouncements Effective January 1, 2012, the Company adopted an accounting pronouncement relating to the presentation of comprehensive income. This pronouncement requires the presentation of comprehensive income in either: (i) a continuous statement of comprehensive income or (ii) two separate, but consecutive statements. The adoption of this pronouncement does impact the Company's financial statement presentation, is applied retrospectively, and did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements. Effective January 1, 2012, the Company adopted an accounting pronouncement to update the testing of goodwill for impairment. This pronouncement provides companies with the option of performing a qualitative assessment before calculating the fair value of a reporting unit in step one of its goodwill impairment test. If a company determines, on the basis of qualitative factors, the fair value of a reporting unit is more likely than not to be less than the carrying amount, the two-step impairment test would be required to be performed. Otherwise, further impairment testing would not be needed. The Company performs its goodwill impairment testing in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. The adoption of this pronouncement is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (“financial statements”) of Cenveo, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Cenveo” or the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and, in the Company’s opinion, include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position as of March 31, 2012, and the results of operations and cash flows as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to SEC rules. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2012 are generally not indicative of the results to be expected for any interim period or for the full year, primarily due to seasonality and restructuring, acquisition and debt related activities or transactions. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the SEC.

It is the Company’s practice to close its fiscal quarters on the Saturday closest to the last day of the calendar quarter. The reporting periods for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011, each consisted of 13 weeks.

In 2011, the Company began exploring opportunities to divest certain non-strategic or underperforming businesses within its manufacturing platform. As a result, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2011, the financial results of the Company's documents and forms business as well as the Company's wide-format papers business have been accounted for as discontinued operations (collectively the “Discontinued Operations”) resulting in the Company's historical consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows being reclassified to reflect these discontinued operations separately from the Company's continuing operations for all periods presented. Effective January 1, 2012, the Company realigned operating responsibilities. In connection with this change in management reporting and strategy, the Company realigned its reportable segments, resulting in the prior year disclosure being updated to reflect current year presentation.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Effective January 1, 2012, the Company adopted an accounting pronouncement relating to the presentation of comprehensive income. This pronouncement requires the presentation of comprehensive income in either: (i) a continuous statement of comprehensive income or (ii) two separate, but consecutive statements. The adoption of this pronouncement does impact the Company's financial statement presentation, is applied retrospectively, and did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

Effective January 1, 2012, the Company adopted an accounting pronouncement to update the testing of goodwill for impairment. This pronouncement provides companies with the option of performing a qualitative assessment before calculating the fair value of a reporting unit in step one of its goodwill impairment test. If a company determines, on the basis of qualitative factors, the fair value of a reporting unit is more likely than not to be less than the carrying amount, the two-step impairment test would be required to be performed. Otherwise, further impairment testing would not be needed. The Company performs its goodwill impairment testing in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. The adoption of this pronouncement is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.