Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Revenue:
Equipment sales	$ 189,056	$ 196,767
Supplies	79,517	73,218
Software	91,555	87,012
Rentals	123,579	129,114
Financing	110,050	113,887
Support services	158,252	162,589
Business services	185,488	146,776
Total revenue	937,497	909,363
Costs and expenses:
Cost of equipment sales	82,534	94,543
Cost of supplies	24,154	22,846
Cost of software	30,164	24,791
Cost of rentals	25,444	26,398
Financing interest expense	19,653	19,019
Cost of support services	98,981	102,529
Cost of business services	128,936	102,355
Selling, general and administrative	351,375	351,654
Research and development	26,192	29,251
Restructuring charges	9,841	0
Interest expense, net	24,064	28,991
Other expense	61,657	25,121
Total costs and expenses	882,995	827,498
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	54,502	81,865
Provision for income taxes	8,036	17,795
Income from continuing operations	46,466	64,070
Net income	49,267	72,100
Less: Preferred stock dividends attributable to noncontrolling interests	4,594	4,594
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc.	44,673	67,506
Amounts attributable to common stockholders:
Net income from continuing operations	41,872	59,476
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	2,801	8,030
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc.	$ 44,673	$ 67,506
Basic earnings per share attributable to common stockholders:
Continuing operations	$ 0.21	$ 0.30
Discontinued operations	$ 0.01	$ 0.04
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc.	$ 0.22	$ 0.34
Diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders:
Continuing operations	$ 0.21	$ 0.29
Discontinued operations	$ 0.01	$ 0.04
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc.	$ 0.22	$ 0.33