Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Revenue:
Equipment sales	$ 214,999	$ 220,179
Supplies	74,287	76,365
Software	87,012	104,350
Rentals	136,379	140,389
Financing	116,762	126,748
Support services	165,486	173,518
Business services	372,031	378,587
Total revenue	1,166,956	1,220,136
Cost and expenses:
Cost of equipment sales	109,337	96,916
Cost of supplies	23,262	23,871
Cost of software	20,706	21,093
Cost of rentals	27,755	30,225
Financing interest expense	19,875	21,139
Cost of support services	108,009	115,087
Cost of business services	291,648	286,817
Selling, general and administrative	377,206	405,486
Research and development	33,335	34,073
Other interest expense	30,739	29,367
Interest income	(1,748)	(1,733)
Other income, net	25,121	(3,234)
Total costs and expenses	1,065,245	1,059,107
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	101,711	161,029
Provision for income taxes	27,549	15,493
Income from continuing operations	74,162	145,536
Net income before attribution of noncontrolling interests	72,100	163,264
Less: Preferred stock dividends of subsidiaries attributable to noncontrolling interests	4,594	4,594
Net income - Pitney Bowes Inc.	67,506	158,670
Amounts attributable to common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations	69,568	140,942
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	(2,062)	17,728
Net income - Pitney Bowes Inc.	$ 67,506	$ 158,670
Continuing operations	$ 0.35	$ 0.70
Discontinued operations	$ (0.01)	$ 0.09
Net income - Pitney Bowes Inc.	$ 0.34	$ 0.79
Diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders:
Continuing operations	$ 0.34	$ 0.70
Discontinued operations	$ (0.01)	$ 0.09
Net income - Pitney Bowes Inc.	$ 0.33	$ 0.79