Systems and methods are described that facilitate presenting estimated
toner consumption for a print job to a user. A print job is identified
from a print job queue or by a job ticket, and is analyzed to identify
print job parameters such as rendering mode, resolution, pages in the
job, etc. A user may adjust rendering resolution and/or a job sub-setting
such as a page cycle value or multiple thereof (e.g., where every Nth
page of the job is the same or similar). Raster image processing is
performed on the print job (with or without printing the job) to generate
rasters, and a lookup table is accessed to identify an amount of toner
required for each page given the rasters generated therefor at the given
resolution in the given rendering mode. Toner cost estimation information
is summarized in a report that is presented to the user (e.g., on a GUI,
a printed page, or via electronic transfer).