---
name: "printbill_configure"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "printbill"
version: "4.1.2-1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/printbill_configure"
---

# printbill\_configure(8)

create template printbillrc and printcap files

## NAME

printbill\_configure - create template printbillrc and printcap files

## SYNOPSIS

**printbill\_configure**

## DESCRIPTION

**printbill\_configure** is an interactive configuration program for [printbill(8)](/printbill/8.md). Basically you just run it and fill in the information as requested - it should automatically figure out some details (paths, user-ids etc) but will require some user input to set things like prices. It will generate two files - printbillrc.new and printcap.new. These may be hand-edited to taste and installed in /etc (namely, as /etc/printbillrc/printbillrc and /etc/printcap). You must restart lprng manually (/etc/init.d/lprng restart on Debian, /etc/init.d/lpd restart on RedHat). Certain distributions (Slackware, RedHat) will require manual creation of spool directories prior to restarting lprng. Run checkpc(1) if unsure.

## INSTALLATION

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

## AUTHORS

**printbill and the accompanying utilities were written by Daniel** Franklin (d.franklin@ieee.org). The web interface was written by Phil Ciufo (phil@snrc.uow.edu.au).

## AVAILABILITY

You can always grab the latest and greatest version from **http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~daniel/software/printbill**

## SEE ALSO

*[printbill(1)](/printbill/1.md),* *[printbill(8)](/printbill/8.md),* *[printbilld(1)](/printbilld/1.md),* *[printbill\_grapher(1)](/printbill_grapher/1.md),* *[percentblack(1)](/percentblack/1.md),* *[percentcolour(1)](/percentcolour/1.md),* *[percent\_cmy(1)](/percent_cmy/1.md),* *[pqcheck(1)](/pqcheck/1.md),* *[printquote(1)](/printquote/1.md),* *[printbill\_printer(1)](/printbill_printer/1.md),* *[printbillrc(5)](/printbillrc/5.md),* *[printcap(5)](/printcap/5.md),* *[init\_from\_passwd(1)](/init_from_passwd/1.md),* *[pqm(8)](/pqm/8.md).*