Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Revenue:
Equipment sales	$ 152,641	$ 165,507	$ 312,002	$ 331,471
Supplies	65,274	70,636	137,325	144,004
Software	90,615	99,184	168,673	185,541
Rentals	102,869	111,312	206,959	225,309
Financing	91,609	101,437	189,032	207,067
Support services	131,418	139,237	259,678	278,795
Business services	201,460	193,578	406,806	399,385
Total revenue	835,886	880,891	1,680,475	1,771,572
Costs and expenses:
Cost of equipment sales	78,055	79,043	149,594	154,056
Cost of supplies	19,624	21,624	40,314	44,283
Cost of software	26,983	28,501	53,798	58,365
Cost of rentals	18,415	21,003	38,910	41,704
Financing interest expense	13,495	17,868	28,410	36,638
Cost of support services	74,742	81,507	149,991	165,106
Cost of business services	140,830	135,636	276,368	275,555
Selling, general and administrative	288,580	315,578	615,462	630,107
Research and development	34,513	28,492	61,081	54,540
Restructuring charges and asset impairments, net	26,076	14,350	33,009	14,269
Interest expense, net	20,799	20,971	40,100	45,035
Other expense (income), net	536	(93,135)	536	(93,135)
Total costs and expenses	742,648	671,438	1,487,573	1,426,523
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	93,238	209,453	192,902	345,049
Provision for income taxes	33,394	52,351	70,418	102,898
Income from continuing operations	59,844	157,102	122,484	242,151
Net income	58,184	156,363	120,824	241,569
Less: Preferred stock dividends attributable to noncontrolling interests	4,594	4,593	9,188	9,187
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc.	53,590	151,770	111,636	232,382
Amounts attributable to common stockholders:
Net income from continuing operations	55,250	152,509	113,296	232,964
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(1,660)	(739)	(1,660)	(582)
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc.	$ 53,590	$ 151,770	$ 111,636	$ 232,382
Basic earnings per share attributable to common stockholders:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.29	$ 0.76	$ 0.60	$ 1.16
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.01)	0.00	(0.01)	0.00
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc. (in dollars per share)	0.29	0.75	0.59	1.15
Diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.29	0.75	0.59	1.15
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.01)	0.00	(0.01)	0.00
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc. (in dollars per share)	0.28	0.75	0.59	1.15
Dividends declared per share of common stock (in dollars per share)	$ 0.1875	$ 0.1875	$ 0.375	$ 0.375000