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Every page's C, M, Y and K,in one table.

A booklet's cost lives in a handful of its spreads. InkQuote lists each one of them with its size and its cyan, magenta, yellow, black and total readings, so the heavy sheets are visible before the run gets priced or scheduled.

Open the PDF and read one row per page: size, C %, M %, Y %, K % and Total %, with the area-weighted document total pinned beneath.

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If this sounds like your week

One average hides the pages that cost money.

A 32-page catalogue might average modest coverage overall while four of its spreads are deep product photography on dark backgrounds. If all you have is one number for the whole document, those four spreads disappear into it. The operator discovers them on the day of the run, when the drawer of toner empties sooner than planned or the slot overruns.

Where tooling usually breaks

Mixed page sizes make a simple average wrong.

Booklets often combine sizes: a letter body with a tabloid fold-out, or an A4 report with an A3 drawing. Averaging percentages row by row treats the fold-out as if it held as much ink as a body page, though it spans twice the paper. Counting only colour pages misses how dark each one is, and eyeballing proofs on a monitor flatters dark artwork.

Where InkQuote lands

One row for each page, and a total weighted by area.

InkQuote fills its table as it measures: Page, Size in points, C %, M %, Y %, K %, Total % and Notes, to one decimal place. Selecting a row shows that page's preview and its notes in full. The All row underneath weights each page by its visible area, and after a cancelled run it says exactly which pages the total covers.

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What you get

Feature highlights

Per-page CMYK estimates

cyan, magenta, yellow, black and total coverage for every page of a PDF, with its size in points, so the heavy pages stand out before anything prints.

Native CMYK values

DeviceCMYK is measured as the file states it, so solid black text stays black ink only; grayscale counts as black, and RGB uses the PDF specification’s formula.

An area-weighted total

the All row weights every page by its area, so a document with mixed page sizes reads correctly and the total matches the paper.

Spot colours by name

named spot inks are converted through the file’s own tint transforms into the process figures and listed for each page and for the whole document.

Price per copy times copies

the Quote page turns a price per copy and a copy count into an estimate, in your Windows currency symbol, with the coverage it rests on beside it.

A one-page quote sheet, original untouched

export the page table, document total, spot colours, notes and quote as a new PDF, while the source PDF is opened read-only and nothing uploads.

Especially when

  • Estimate how much cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink or toner a PDF will use, page by page, before quoting the job
  • Measure the CMYK values a print file actually holds instead of a browser calculator’s RGB round trip
  • Turn coverage into a price per copy times copies and send the customer a one-page quote sheet
  • Keep customer artwork on the PC, with no upload, no account, and the original PDF untouched

Who benefits

Real-world scenarios

A catalogue with a few heavy spreads

A retailer's 32-page catalogue arrives for a 500-copy run. The overall look is light, but the shop suspects that a few product spreads on black backgrounds will drive the toner cost.

The InkQuote table shows those spreads with K and total figures far above the body pages. The estimator prices from the All row, which already includes them, and notes the heavy page numbers on the job ticket for the operator.

A report with A3 fold-outs

An engineering report mixes A4 text pages with two A3 fold-out drawings, and the quote has to reflect the larger sheets as well as how much ink each one carries.

The Size column shows the A3 pages in points, and the All row weights each page by area, so the fold-outs count for their full sheet. The exported quote sheet lists both sizes in its page table.

A newsletter with a brand spot colour

A company newsletter uses a named brand spot colour on every page, and the shop prints it on a digital press in CMYK, so the spot ink has to be counted in the process inks.

InkQuote converts the spot colour through the file's own tint transform into C, M, Y and K, so it counts in each page's figures, and lists the spot name for each page and for the whole document.

Deep dive

Reading the per-page table in InkQuote

What each column holds. Page is the page number. Size is the page's visible area in points, for example 612 × 792 pt for US Letter or 792 × 1224 pt for tabloid. C %, M %, Y % and K % are the estimated amount of each ink spread over the whole page, and Total % is their sum, which can run well past 100 on a heavy page. Notes holds short tags, spelled out in full when you select the row.

How a percentage is formed. Each page is painted into four coverage planes at about 100 dots per inch, using the colour values in the file, and each plane is averaged over the page. A full page of 40 percent magenta reads M 40.0; a solid black rectangle covering a quarter of the page reads K 25.0. This is the ink-amount reading that matters for cost, not a count of marked pixels.

The All row. Below the table, All gives the document figure for each channel and for the total, weighted by each page's area. Beside it, the caption reads All pages, area-weighted. If you cancel a long run, it reads Pages 1–81 of 500, area-weighted, or whatever range was finished, so the total always says what it covers.

The selected page. Select any row and the side pane shows a preview of the page, its size, its notes in full, and any spot colours it uses. Screen readers announce each row in full, for example Page 2, cyan 0.0 percent, magenta 0.0 percent, and so on.

Spot colours. A named spot ink is converted through the file's own tint transform into process values, so it counts toward the C, M, Y and K figures, and its name is listed for the page and in the document notes. Separations named Cyan, Magenta, Yellow or Black go straight to that channel.

Progress on long files. InkQuote measures one page at a time and shows Page 12 of 200 as it goes, filling the table row by row. Cancel stops the run and keeps every page finished so far.

From table to quote. The same figures feed the Quote page and the quote sheet, where the page table, the All row, the spot colours and the notes are printed on one page with the quote, so the numbers the customer sees are the numbers you read.

How it is built

Built to read the artwork and leave it alone.

Original never changed

The PDF is opened read-only through the Windows file picker. The quote sheet is always a new file you name, and a save onto the open PDF or any file in the Recent list is refused.

Nothing uploads

InkQuote runs in the Windows app sandbox with no declared capabilities, including no network access. There is no account, no login and no telemetry. One-time purchase in the Microsoft Store.

Reads the CMYK in the file

Colour values are measured as the PDF states them, so solid black text stays black ink only. Pages are weighted by area in the total, and spot colours are converted and listed by name.

FAQ

Straight answers—no glossary dump

How do I see the CMYK coverage of each page in a PDF?

Open the PDF in InkQuote with Open PDF. As each page is measured, a row appears with its page number, its size, and its C %, M %, Y %, K % and Total % estimates. Select a row to see the page preview and its notes. The All row below the table holds the area-weighted total for the whole document.

Why can Total % be higher than 100?

Total % adds the four channels together. A page with 60 percent cyan, 50 percent magenta, 40 percent yellow and 30 percent black spread across it reads Total 180.0, and the scale tops out at 400. For pricing, the total shows how much ink the page uses altogether, while the single channels show which inks drive it.

How are pages of different sizes combined into one total?

By area. In the All row, each page's figures are weighted by its visible area, so a tabloid page counts twice as much as a letter page at the same coverage. A two-page file with a solid black letter page and a blank tabloid page totals K 33.3, not K 50, because the blank page has twice the area.

What happens to the original PDF?

It is opened for reading only and stays exactly as it was. InkQuote measures the file from a read-only stream and draws its page previews the same way. The quote sheet is always a new PDF that you name in the Windows Save dialog, which suggests the source name followed by InkQuote estimate.pdf, and a save that would land on the open PDF, or on any file in the Recent list, is refused with a sentence naming the file.

Where does the artwork go, and how do I get InkQuote?

The artwork stays on your PC. InkQuote runs in the Windows app sandbox with no declared capabilities, including no network access, and it has no account, no login, and no telemetry. It opens only the PDF you pick. InkQuote is a one-time purchase in the Microsoft Store, which shows the current price in your currency and runs a 15-day free trial with every feature. It runs on Windows 10 version 2004 or later and Windows 11, on x64 and ARM64 PCs.

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A PDF ink coverage calculator that reads the CMYK in the file. Know the toner a job needs before it reaches the printer. See which pages cost colour clicks, before the job runs.

A customer PDF in.
Coverage and a quote sheet out.

InkQuote estimates cyan, magenta, yellow and black coverage for every page from the file’s own colour values, totals it by page area, and turns a price per copy into a one-page quote sheet. The original is never changed, nothing uploads, and the Microsoft Store runs a 15-day free trial.

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Technical specifications

Technical specifications for procurement

Spec Implementation
Data Sovereignty Reads only the PDF you pick in the Windows file picker, read-only, and never writes over it; writes only the quote sheet PDF you name in the save dialog, refusing the open PDF and any file in the Recent list; the Recent list stays in the app’s own local settings
Telemetry Status None; no account, no login, no telemetry, and no networking code in the app
Core Runtime .NET 10 and WinUI 3 (Windows App SDK), packaged as MSIX; runs in an AppContainer with no declared capabilities; the coverage engine is pure managed code
Network Requirements Fully functional offline; the package declares no network capability and the app makes no network calls
Deployment Compatibility Windows 10 version 2004 or later and Windows 11, x64 or ARM64; one-time purchase on the Microsoft Store with a 15-day free trial
Inputs One PDF at a time, picked in the Windows file picker or reopened from a Recent list of 10 files; password-protected PDFs open after the password is entered
Measuring Fills, strokes, text, images and gradients painted into a coverage map at about 100 dots per inch over each page’s visible area; rotated pages handled; a long run can be cancelled with finished pages kept
Colour DeviceCMYK read natively; grayscale counted as black; RGB through the PDF specification’s device formula; ICC-based, Lab, indexed and calibrated spaces resolved; spot colours through their tint transforms, listed by name
Results Per page: size in points, C %, M %, Y %, K % and Total % to one decimal, and notes; per document: area-weighted figures for each channel and the total, spot colour names, and notes
Quote Price per copy times copies, labelled as an estimate, in the Windows currency symbol; one copy is one printed set of all pages
Output One-page quote sheet PDF in CMYK, Letter in the US, Canada, Mexico and the Philippines and A4 elsewhere, with the page table, document total, spot colours, notes and quote
Display 960 × 600 or larger, 1100 × 720 recommended; light and dark themes; every control named for screen readers