[GNC] Printing checks to a pdf file

[Adrien Monteleone]

If you’re on Win10 it includes a PDF virtual printer. (they’ve had a virtual XPS printer for a decade or more and finally gave up the fight over formats)

However, you might have to enable it (Turn Windows Features On and Off) and then add it as a printer in Devices > Printers & Scanners.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Oct 8, 2019 w41d281, at 1:31 AM, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> On 2019-10-07 19:06, Rich Shepard wrote:
>> I've looked through the guide without finding any information on paying
>> invoices and printing the checks to a pdf file. I'd like to do this and
>> transfer the .pdf to a host directly connected to the laser printer.
>> 
>> I've not tried this using gnucash and don't recall seeing that option when
>> paying bills.
> 
> Hi, Rich.
> 
> You didn't mention your operating system, so I will reply for Windows,
> which is what I have. The way you do this is by installing a program
> that acts like a printer as far as the OS is concerned, but prints to a
> PDF file instead of paper. In other words, this is an add-on to Windows,
> not an add-on to a particular application like GnuCash.
> 
> I have used CutePDF Writer(1) for longer than I can remember. Just
> download it and install it like any other program. Then when you go to
> print your checks, the printer selection dialog will contain a new entry
> for CutePDF. Select that as the printer but don't make it the default.
> CutePDF will generate the PDF and _then_ ask you to specify file name
> and location, so don't worry that those choices don't appear in the
> initial dialog.
> 
> (1) http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Stan Brown