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Fixed Assets (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Property Plant and Equipment Gross      
Land $ 9,908,000us-gaap_Land $ 6,797,000us-gaap_Land  
Buildings 213,196,000us-gaap_BuildingsAndImprovementsGross 176,200,000us-gaap_BuildingsAndImprovementsGross  
Machinery and equipment 923,374,000us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentGross 918,075,000us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentGross  
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross 1,146,478,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross 1,101,072,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross  
Accumulated depreciation (861,387,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment (855,901,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment  
Property, plant and equipment, net 285,091,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 245,171,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet  
Rental Property And Equipment      
Rental property and equipment 462,244,000pbi_RentalPropertyAndEquipmentGross 537,128,000pbi_RentalPropertyAndEquipmentGross  
Accumulated depreciation (261,864,000)pbi_AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortizationRentalPropertyAndEquipment (310,982,000)pbi_AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortizationRentalPropertyAndEquipment  
Rental property and equipment, net 200,380,000pbi_RentalPropertyAndEquipmentNet 226,146,000pbi_RentalPropertyAndEquipmentNet  
Depreciation expense $ 165,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation $ 158,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation $ 177,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation