printquote1

Usage

Overview

printquote processes filenames and tells you how much each will cost to print. It uses the same code as printbill but doesn't spool the job. If you specified a printer, charge rates and colourspace settings for that printer are used. filename must be a file which your chosen filter may be able to convert to ghostscript. The default is to use /bin/cat, so unless you install magicfilter or similar you will only be able to print PostScript files.

Requirements

printquote requires everything that the printbill package requires, including a working percentblack/percentcolour and GhostScript. Make sure you have specified a valid print filter in the configuration file if you want to print non-PostScript files (NOTE - this is NOT the same as the optional print filter in /etc/printcap, although similar filters may be used - I recommend magicfilter).

Installation

Please see the accompanying README file for installation instructions. Chances are if you're reading this it's correctly installed.

Files

/var/lib/printbill/printquotas.db Current user quotas. /var/lib/printbill/printers/*.db Printer databases - contain toner/ink usage and total pages printed. /etc/printbill/printbillrc The charge rates, path to the optional filter and settings for individual printers are stored here.