| Component: (Network and Table) | |
|---|---|
| Network | 2405404 - Disclosure - Finance Assets (Allowance for Credit Losses) (Details) (http://www.pb.com/role/FinanceAssetsAllowanceForCreditLossesDetails) |
| Table | Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table] |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0000078814 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] | Period [Axis] | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31 | 2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31 | 2014-01-01 - 2014-12-31 | |||||||||||||
| Geographical [Axis] | Geographical [Axis] | Geographical [Axis] | |||||||||||||
| North America | International | Geographical [Domain] | North America | International | Geographical [Domain] | North America | International | Geographical [Domain] | |||||||
| Class of Financing Receivable, Type [Axis] | Class of Financing Receivable, Type [Axis] | Class of Financing Receivable, Type [Axis] | Class of Financing Receivable, Type [Axis] | Class of Financing Receivable, Type [Axis] | Class of Financing Receivable, Type [Axis] | Class of Financing Receivable, Type [Axis] | Class of Financing Receivable, Type [Axis] | Class of Financing Receivable, Type [Axis] | |||||||
| Sales-type Lease Receivables | Loan Receivables | Sales-type Lease Receivables | Loan Receivables | Class of Financing Receivable, Type [Domain] | Sales-type Lease Receivables | Loan Receivables | Sales-type Lease Receivables | Loan Receivables | Class of Financing Receivable, Type [Domain] | Sales-type Lease Receivables | Loan Receivables | Sales-type Lease Receivables | Loan Receivables | Class of Financing Receivable, Type [Domain] | |
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward] | |||||||||||||||
Balance at | |||||||||||||||
Amounts charged to expense | |||||||||||||||
Accounts written off | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( |
Balance at | 6,606,000 | 10,024,000 | 3,542,000 | 1,518,000 | 21,690,000 | 10,125,000 | 11,068,000 | 5,023,000 | 1,788,000 | 28,004,000 | |||||