man printquote (Commandes) - 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(8), printbilld(1), printbill_configure(8), printbill_grapher(1), percentblack(1), percentcolour(1), percent_cmy(1), pqcheck(1), printbill_printer(1), printbillrc(5), printcap(5), init_from_passwd(8), pqm(8).