Check Printing Question

[David Reiser]

here is my version of the Quicken wallet check definition. The principal change is to set the y-translation offset to 0.0. I also added a couple things to the stub and put the date and amount_number in better places for my low-end check source.

[Top]
Guid = 61d7469d-db2c-4842-bef9-8be7d4f5685e
Title = dbr Quicken(tm) Wallet Checks w/ side stub
Rotation = 0.0
Translation = 0.0;0.0
Show_Grid = false
Show_Boxes = false

[Check Positions]
Height = 204.0
Names = Top;Middle;Bottom

[Check Items]
Type_1 = PAYEE
Coords_1 = 231.0;61.0

Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
Coords_2 = 195.0;79.0

Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
Blocking_Chars_3 = true
Coords_3 = 518.0;67.0

Type_4 = DATE
Coords_4 = 513.0;47.0

Type_5 = NOTES
Coords_5 = 216.0;161.0

# stub

Type_6 = DATE
Coords_6 = 36.0;53.0

Type_7 = PAYEE
Coords_7 = 38.0;78.0;150.0;12.0

Type_8 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
Coords_8 = 50.0;114.0

Type_9 = NOTES
Coords_9 = 28.0;139.0;150.0;12.0

Type_10 = CHECK_NUMBER
Coords_10 = 136.0;37.0

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Dave Reiser
dbreiser at icloud.com





> On Mar 16, 2018, at 9:29 AM, David Reiser <dbreiser at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Mar 16, 2018, at 9:10 AM, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 03/16/2018 07:43 AM, David Reiser wrote:
>>>> On Mar 16, 2018, at 7:12 AM, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> [snip]
>>>> After looking at the docs you provided, unless I am missing something more, it appears that it is not the check definition that is wrong, at least as far as I can tell. See below..
>>>> 
>>>> I have discovered that if I print the checks 1 at a time and with the position as Top and print, Middle and print and lastly Bottom and print by reloading the same page into my printer ALL THREE checks will be printed in the proper positions.
>>>> 
>>>> In the file /usr/share/gnucash/checks/quicken_wallet.chk there is reference to Check Positions as shown below:
>>>> 
>>>> [Check Positions]
>>>> Height = 204.0
>>>> Names = Top;Middle;Bottom
>>>> 
>>>> However, there is not a definition for either of the 3 listed Names, "Top, Middle, Bottom". Where is that information stored and can it be modified?
>>> Top, Middle, and Bottom just tell gnucash whether to start printing 0, 1, or 2 x Height from the top of the page.
>>> Coupled with the “checks on the first page” option, you can tell gnucash exactly how to handle the first page of a multiple page check printing. If you select Middle position and 1 check on the first page, the first check is printed alone in the middle position of the first sheet, while all remaining pages contain 3 checks per page (since that’s the format you picked).
>>> I never intend to run a printed check back through a printer — too much chance to screw up and overprint an existing check. I’ve always removed printed checks from the last sheet out of the printer from any check printing session. So the next print job is always set to Top position, with Checks on First Page set to the number of blank checks available on the first sheet.
>>> I only print about 3 checks per year these days, but sometimes they all happen in the same print job.
>>> --
>>> David Reiser
>>> dbreiser at icloud.com
>> Thanks, David
>> 
>> Can you explain why the 3rd check prints on the remaining bottom STUB but NOT on the 3rd check?
>> 
>> I entered TOP for the first position and 3 for the number of checks on the first page.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jay
>> 
> I’m pretty sure that means that something about the check definition is causing gnucash to think that the middle check is encroaching on the bottom check, so when it increments vertical offset for the last check, it essentially creates a phantom 4th check position. Try reducing or increasing the Height parameter slightly and/or mess with the second Translation parameter (see what happens if you set Translation = 0.0;0.0
> 
> I usually have to fine tune the wallet check definition every time I have new checks printed. The cheap check printers, especially, don’t put all three checks in the identical position from the perforations. The check definition ends up being a compromise on field location among the three checks.
> 
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> David Reiser
> dbreiser at icloud.com
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