specification: API Commons Rate Limits
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/RateLimits
provider: PrintNode
providerId: printnode
created: '2026-06-25'
modified: '2026-06-25'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Printing
- Cloud Printing
- Remote Printing
- Print Jobs
- Hardware
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
- Throttling
description: >-
  PrintNode meters usage primarily by print volume, where one print equals one
  API request regardless of page count, with monthly print allowances and
  connected-computer counts set by plan. The API uses pagination to bound the
  size of result sets (default 100 records per request, controllable via the
  limit, after, and dir query parameters). Specific per-second or per-minute
  request throttling thresholds are not publicly documented and are not
  reconciled in this artifact.
notes: >-
  Verify any request-rate throttling thresholds and the monthly print
  allowances and computer limits per plan against the PrintNode pricing and API
  documentation during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.printnode.com/en/docs/api/curl
- https://www.printnode.com/en/pricing
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Monthly Print Allowance
  scope: account
  metric: prints
  limit: see plan
  notes: One print equals one API request regardless of page count; monthly allowance varies by plan (50 free up to 200,000+).
- name: Connected Computers
  scope: account
  metric: computers
  limit: see plan
  notes: Number of computers that may connect to the account, set by plan (1 on Lite up to unlimited on Premium).
- name: Result Set Pagination
  scope: request
  metric: records
  limit: 100
  notes: Set endpoints return up to 100 records by default; control with limit, after, and dir query parameters.
- name: Child Account Limit
  scope: account
  metric: accounts
  limit: see plan
  notes: Integrator plans cap the number of controllable child accounts (20 Standard, 200 Large) with per-account overage.
policies:
- name: Volume-Based Metering
  description: Usage is metered per print (per API request) against a monthly plan allowance, with per-1,000-print overage charges.
- name: Pagination
  description: Clients should page through large result sets using the limit, after, and dir query parameters rather than requesting unbounded ranges.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com