Writing checks

[Doug Laidlaw]

Thanks David.  it sounds rather like what Derek has done, but I haven't got 
his skill.  Your idea should work.  Now I know where to look.

Rulers in inches are almost unobtainable here, and the old school ruler with 
tenths of an inch (the unit standard spacing for electronic PCBs) are highly 
prized, but I can convert fractions of a millimetre (1 mm=.04 inch) The odd 
1/72 inch shouldn't make much difference.

Doug.

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:12 pm, David Reiser wrote:
> On Oct 18, 2005, at 9:08 PM, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> > That is fine when you use the American stationery based on U.S.
> > Letter.  We
> > use A4.  I can create a new custom format, but I can't save it for
> > future
> > use.  It looks as though Derek can't, either.  I don't print enough
> > cheques
> > to be worried about printing a range, but my handwriting isn't
> > reliable.
> >
> > Doug.
>
> As long as you don't need one of the already established formats, you
> could edit print-check.scm to fit your checks. All the coordinates
> are listed as points (1/72 of an inch) from the upper left of the
> page. It doesn't matter what format the paper is letter, A4, B,
> whatever.
>
> I'll agree it isn't as nice as adding a new format, but it does work.
> One thing I haven't figured out (even from adding a new format to the
> list) is how to control the font and font size the checks are printed
> in. What it prints is what you get. The other thing I wasn't willing
> to attempt is adding an additional data element to checks. The
> already-included ones are: payee, amount-words, amount-number, date,
> and memo.
>
> If you don't want to mess with the editing yourself, but you don't
> mind having a custom copy of print-check.scm. I would be willing to
> work on it. But we'd have to converse about an efficient way for me
> to get exact layout info. I have a somewhat convoluted method to do
> it by email.
>
> Dave

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