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

# printquote(1)

give a quote for a print job

## NAME

printquote - give a quote for a print job

## SYNOPSIS

**printquote***\[printer\]***filenames**

## DESCRIPTION

**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.

## 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**

## 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.

## SEE ALSO

*[printbill(1)](/printbill/1.md),* *[printbill(8)](/printbill/8.md),* *[printbilld(1)](/printbilld/1.md),* *[printbill\_configure(8)](/printbill_configure/8.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),* *[printbill\_printer(1)](/printbill_printer/1.md),* *[printbillrc(5)](/printbillrc/5.md),* *[printcap(5)](/printcap/5.md),* *[init\_from\_passwd(8)](/init_from_passwd/8.md),* *[pqm(8)](/pqm/8.md).*