How do I charge fractions of a cent for printing?
Last updated September 30, 2025
In most cases PaperCut’s default charging precision of whole cents is suitable. Some organizations may wish to provide finer detail on printing costs. PaperCut allows for displaying and storing of values from 0 to 5 decimal places. The default is 2.
You can change this value in PaperCut as follows:
- From the administration interface, navigate to
Options→General→Display Options. - Check
Change number of decimal places - Enter the number of decimals you require. You can enter
0to display no decimal places. Decimal places used in cost settings (e.g. printer costs)will adjust printer charging.Decimal places used elsewherewill make allow decimal changes which will show in all other areas of PaperCut, such as reporting, logging, etc.- Press
Apply.
Category: How-to Articles
Subcategory: Charging and Billing
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