how to print checks?

[Derek Atkins]

Nope.  GnuCash's check-printing is only for printing checks
from transactions.  It's not a general "create a check"
tool.  The idea is that you pay your bills by entering the
transaction in gnucash, and then you print the check and mail
it to your vendor.

-derek

"Jeremy C. Reed" <reed at reedmedia.net> writes:

> I found some docs for printing checks in
> share/gnome/help/gnucash/C/gnucash-help.xml, but I can't find it in the
> browsable "Gnucash help" windows. Any ideas on how to find this
>     <sect3 id="print-check">
> section in the docs?
> 
> Anyways, the xml version says "To access the check printing feature in
> GnuCash, select the transaction to print a check for and go to File ->
> Print Check."
> 
> 
> For about five years, I have been printing bank checks based on bank codes
> and information given to me by various customers. I have check paper, MICR
> fonts, and I print onto that paper. Is there anyway to use the check
> printing option in gnucash to print without having to store any of the
> data in any transaction? Basically, I jsut want to enter in every field
> and let it print (formatted to standard 3-checks to 8.5 inch by 11 inch
> paper).
> 
> I am also looking at FreeCheck (http://lager.dyndns.org/freecheck/) and
> Makecheque (http://www.hajhouse.org/linux/makecheque/).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>    Jeremy C. Reed
>    http://www.reedmedia.net/
> 
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