[GNC] Check printing

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 6/14/2021 6:51 AM, R. Victor Klassen wrote:
> I have no experience with the three-part cheques, as the ones I use consume a full page (one third for the cheque, one third for each of the stubs).
>
> When I do what you describe - except for the format - it works fine.   So someone else will have to chime in here.
>
This is a matter where because of personal professional experience, I 
would strongly suggest that checks not be printed directly from gnucash. 
In other words, "print" to file which then could be processed by an 
editor before being sent to a printer.

Why?

There is potentially some "fine tuning" required in the exact 
formatting. I am thinking of the general case, say printing payroll 
checks which may be required to come attached to a "stub" << statement 
for the employee showing all deductions, etc. >> and if to be mailed, 
when folded, the address must show properly in the envelope window.

It is MUCH easier to deal with issues like "the new envelopes have the 
window in a slightly different position" by fixing in that in between 
editing program. Much easier than trying to make the change in the 
application writing the checks or madly dashing around trying to find a 
supplier of envelopes with the window in the old position. This is one 
of the things I used to have to deal with, an emergency call from the 
department doing the printing, folding, envelope stuffing that all of a 
sudden the address out of window.

Note that IF doing this (having that intermediate editor step) you can 
also relieve gnucash of all details like font size, font used, logos, 
etc. and instead do all the formatting/pretty printing with a full power 
editor.

Michael D Novack