--- title: "Pricing your prints when using PaperCut Bridge" slug: "papercutbridge-pricing-examples" updated: 2026-02-03T17:54:43Z published: 2026-02-03T17:54:43Z --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.nexudus.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Pricing your prints when using PaperCut Bridge You print pricing must be set up in both PaperCut and Nexudus before you start the integration process. How you set up your print pricing will depend on which of the following pricing models you choose: **Pay-per-print Only** Customers can print as much as they'd like, and Nexudus invoices them according to the prices you set in PaperCut. Printing credits are not available. **Printing Credits Only** Customers can only print if they have enough printing credits in their account. Once they run out, Nexudus won't let them print until they receive more credits through a product or plan or by an admin directly adding them to their account. > [!WARNING] > **Customers won't be able to print unless they have enough credits to cover the entire print job.** > > For example, a customer wants to print **10** black-and-white pages at **5** credits each for a print job totalling **50** credits. If they only have **45**credits remaining, they won’t be able to print. **Printing Credits & Pay-per-print** Customers print using printing credits until they run out, at which point Nexudus will charge and invoice them for any additional print jobs. **Free Unlimited Printing** Customers can print as much as they’d like for free. They don’t need printing credits, and Nexudus won’t invoice them. ### Setting up your pricing model in PaperCut The first step is to set up your print pricing in PaperCut. #### Defining a custom currency **Regardless of which pricing model you use**, you'll need to set your currency to credits in PaperCut. 1. On the PaperCut admin panel, go to **Options > General > Display Options**. 2. Tick the **Display currency sign** and **Use custom currency sign** checkboxes. 3. Add **Credits** in the **Custom sign** field. 4. Select **Display after number** in the **Display** drop-down list. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/4f9a66c7-3dbb-4052-97d8-5439302e1512/Images/Documentation/PaperCut_CustomCurrency.png) 5. Click **Apply**. #### Defining print prices You need to set up the price per page for each print type you have in PaperCut. You can apply different prices per page based on the type of print and the printer used by your customers. > [!WARNING] > **Prices must be whole numbers.** > **1 credit in PaperCut = 1 cent or credit in Nexudus** > > *For example, if you define the cost per page for A4 black and white prints to****5 credits****in Papercut, you'll be able to charge customers either****5 credits****or****$0.05****per print in Nexudus*. For more details, check out [Papercut's pricing tutorial](https://www.papercut.com/help/manuals/ng-mf/applicationserver/printer-diff-charging/). Once you have your cost per page defined in PaperCut, you can move on to the pricing setup in Nexudus. ### Setting up your pricing model in Nexudus The final step is to create your printing inventory in Nexudus. Which inventory items you create in Nexudus depends on the pricing model you choose. If you’re using the **Credits & Pay-per-print pricing model**, you’ll need to create all the inventory items listed under **Pay-per-print Only** and **Printing Credits Only**. If you’re using the **Free Unlimited Printing model**, you don’t need to create any inventory items. **Pay-per-print Only** You’ll need to create the following inventory item in Nexudus when using the **Pay-per-print Only** pricing model. **A product dedicated to printing** The price of this product should **always be set to 1 cent**. This allows the prices you’ve defined in PaperCut to be multiplied by **0.01**. *For example, if you set the price of an A4 black-and-white print to****5 credits****in PaperCut, your customers will be invoiced****$0.05****per print in Nexudus.* For more details, check out [Adding Products](/v3/docs/adding-products). **Printing Credits Only** You’ll need to create the following inventory items in Nexudus when using the **Printing Credits Only** pricing model. **A printing resource type** Before creating your printing credit in Nexudus, you’ll need to create a resource type dedicated to printing. For more details, check out [Adding Resource Types](/v3/docs/adding-resource-types). **A rate dedicated to printing** You’ll also need to create a rate for your new printing resource type. 1. Log in to dashboard.nexudus.com if you haven’t already. 2. Go to **Inventory > Prices**. 3. Click **Add rate**. 4. **Name** your printing rate. 5. Under **This rate applies to the following resource types**, select your resource type dedicated to printing. 6. Set the rate **Price** to **1** for **every use**. 7. Click **Save changes**. **A printing credit** You’ll also need to create a printing credit to give to customers to allow them to print. 1. Log in to dashboard.nexudus.com if you haven’t already. 2. Go to **Inventory > Printing credits**. 3. Click **Add printing credit**. 4. **Name** your printing credit. 5. Under **This credit can be used to book the following resource types**, select your resource type dedicated to printing. 6. Click **Save changes**. > [!WARNING] > You should only have one****printing credit in your Nexudus inventory. > > Because only one printing credit can be tied to the integration, any other printing credits given to customers can’t be used. You can give printing credits to customers as benefits through plans or products or by adding them directly to their account. For more details, check out [Printing Credits](/v3/docs/managing-printing-credits).