Calibrating Checks
Martin Klerkx
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I am evaluating Moneydance and in particular check printing. I have figured out your grid but I need help with your labels. I use a Quicken voucher check and I do not see any correlation with the labels. For example, Payee X versus Payee Y.
Do you have a list defining what each label means?
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Support Staff 2 Posted by Ben Spencer on 18 May, 2010 02:46 PM
I don't actually have a list of the meanings of each of the layout variables. However I can tell you that payee is equivalent to the description field in the account register. Where X is the horizontal position of this text and Y is the vertical position.
Ben Spencer
3 Posted by Martin Klerkx on 18 May, 2010 03:05 PM
Not much help.
I do not have the time to screw around moving fields on the template
so I can print checks. Who in your organization has the list? I
hate to suspend my evaluation because there is no documentation to
aid in calibrating check printing.
If this is an example of your support, I am reluctant to consider
switching to Moneydance.
Wishing you every future success, I remain
Sincerely,
Martin "MaK" Klerkx
Ik zal handhaven - I will Preserve
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Support Staff 4 Posted by Ben Spencer on 18 May, 2010 04:04 PM
Hi Martin
I am sorry that my response was insufficient for your needs. Our hope is that the labels of the calibration fields are self evident, clearly that is not the case. Which of the fields do you not fully understand?
Sincerely
Ben Spencer
5 Posted by Martin Klerkx on 18 May, 2010 04:17 PM
I would like to know what labels arre used on single check vouchers.
I have figured out the X and Y to be horizontal and vertical
coordinates. Also what font type and size is default? If you change
the font and size does anything change with respect to X and Y?
Ik zal handhaven
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Martin "MaK" Klerkx
Support Staff 6 Posted by Ben Spencer on 18 May, 2010 05:37 PM
When you specify the type of the checks to be "Voucher checks" all the fields displayed are used in the printing of those checks.
The default font used is what ever is used by your computer for displaying dialogues at point size 10. You can change this under File->Preferences->Printing.
Ben
7 Posted by Martin Klerkx on 18 May, 2010 05:46 PM
The X,Y values for the fields do not match how they are being printed
during a test print. So again what values from the register are being
printed into what fields?
Ik zal handhaven
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Martin "MaK" Klerkx
Support Staff 8 Posted by Ben Spencer on 18 May, 2010 06:03 PM
Date X/Y = The date of the transaction
Payee X/Y = The Description or Payee
Memo X/Y = The memo on the transaction
Amount Num X/Y = The payment or deposit represented in digits
Amount Text X/Y = The payment or deposit represented in words
Check Address X/Y = The address of the payee (only printed if you have the "Show Address" option checked at the bottom of the list) The addresses can be set for payees by selecting Tools->Address Book.
The other fields are the same except that they are prefixed with the words stub or voucher to indicate that they are printed on the voucher instead of the check.
Ben
9 Posted by Martin Klerkx on 18 May, 2010 06:22 PM
The problem remains, the test printing does not align the information
to the X/Y values in the table. You are using the X/Y coordinates in
the classical sense - X is horizontal and Y is vertical. Where is
each vertical has a value of 5 and each horizontal a value of 10.
Or, have I made a mistake?
Based on the test printing, Payee X/Y is 25/22; Date X/Y is
169/10.... and so on. The table says Payee X/Y is 25/36 and Date X/Y
is 165/21. So what am I missing?
Wishing you every future success, I remain
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Support Staff 10 Posted by Ben Spencer on 18 May, 2010 06:25 PM
It is my understanding that the units in the check printing calibration are relative units. They are relative to the test grid that is printed on the test page. Each check is 100 units high and 200 units wide. Each box in the test grid is 10x10 units.
Ben
11 Posted by Martin Klerkx on 18 May, 2010 06:44 PM
If the vertical is 100 units high, what does a Bottom Margin of 50
mean? If that is the bottom of the check, then the vertical is only
50 units high.. Sorry, but none of this is making any sense. FYI -
45 years in IT....
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12 Posted by Martin Klerkx on 18 May, 2010 06:53 PM
Figured it out! Everything printing in the vouchers is relative to
the bottom of the check or the bottom of the 1st voucher. But what
does Bottom Margin = 50 mean? How is it used? You really need to
place this information in your help file or have it available at the
website.
Wishing you every future success, I remain
Sincerely,
Martin "MaK" Klerkx
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Support Staff 13 Posted by Ben Spencer on 22 Jun, 2010 06:08 PM
I am sorry I didn't get back to your sooner. The margins are in thousandths of the page width or height.
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