Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Revenue:
Equipment sales	$ 162,974	$ 159,361
Supplies	66,818	72,051
Software	77,867	78,058
Rentals	99,870	104,090
Financing	85,745	97,423
Support services	118,847	128,260
Business services	224,519	205,346
Total revenue	836,640	844,589
Costs and expenses:
Cost of equipment sales	69,562	71,539
Cost of supplies	21,471	20,690
Cost of software	25,308	26,815
Cost of rentals	20,662	20,495
Financing interest expense	12,974	14,915
Cost of support services	73,354	75,249
Cost of business services	150,843	135,538
Selling, general and administrative	306,303	326,882
Research and development	31,856	26,568
Restructuring charges and asset impairments, net	2,082	6,933
Interest expense, net	25,676	19,301
Total costs and expenses	740,091	744,925
Income before income taxes	96,549	99,664
Provision for income taxes	31,416	37,024
Net income	65,133	62,640
Less: Preferred stock dividends attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	4,594
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc.	$ 65,133	$ 58,046
Earnings per share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.35	$ 0.30
Diluted (in dollars per share)	0.35	0.30
Dividends declared per share of common stock (in dollars per share)	$ 0.1875	$ 0.1875