Problem printing checks

David Reiser dbreiser at icloud.com
Sat May 21 00:52:50 EDT 2016


> On May 21, 2016, at 12:39 AM, Isaac Wingfield <isw at witzend.com> wrote:
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> On May 20, 2016, at 9:33 PM, David Reiser <dbreiser at icloud.com> wrote:
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>> Have you tried the Check Position pop-up in the Print Check dialog to select “Bottom” without the large translation? That selection might only appear if you’re printing one check from the full register rather than a found set. But if you’re only printing one check, it should work.
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> It prints one check in the "fourth" position.
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>> I generally only print one check at a time, so I tear off the one I’ve printed, and then pretend I’m printing at the top of a full page the next time. All the ink jet and laser printers I’ve had have no problem feeding the partial sheet. The third trip through a laser does sometimes leave a slight gray tinge on the check, though.
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> Friend wife, who actually does the accounting, wants the "stubs" along the side intact, do that won't work.
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>>> That does tell me (I think) that the actual problem is in the routine that figures out where the third check goes. That might also explain the offset second grid, too ...
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>>> Isaac
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>> If you’ve made a lot of changes to the .chk file, I’d be concerned that some change kicked the renderer into creating a second origin.
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> It did that from the outset.
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> In particular, one check, one grid; two checks, one grid; three checks, two grids.
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> What do you see when you turn on the grid and print a three-check set? (Preview works too).

Hmm. Looks like I have 3 grids, offset by about 0.05 inches vertically, and aligned perfectly horizontally.
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> Isaac

Dave


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