To provide a printing cost calculating system capable of efficiently calculating accurate printing costs at the time of preparing a printed matter by using colored materials and also to provide a printed mater issuing system equipped with this system.

This printing cost calculating system for calculating printing costs at the time of preparing a printed matter 5 by using colored materials based on a digital picture 6 expressed with discrete numerical data is provided with a colored material consumption calculating means for calculating the quantity of colored material consumed for preparing the printed matter 5 based on the digital picture 6 and a printing cost calculating means for calculating printing costs form the consumed quality the colored material calculated by the colored material consumption calculating means.