check printing - Kmymoney

[Jack]

Please keep the discussion on the list, so it can help others with the  
same problem when they search in the future.

What version of KMM are you using, and on what  
platform/OS/Distribution.  The Check printing plugin should be in all  
versions.  To check, use the Setting/Configure KMyMoney menu item, and  
click the Plugins icon in the left panel.  There should be an entry for  
"Check printing" on the right, it should be checked, and clicking the  
wrench icon to the right should bring up another window showing the  
current template in use, as well as the directory where that template  
lives.  (I'll come back to that later.)  To test if it works at all,  
open a checking account in the ledger and select a single transaction.   
The last item on the Transaction menu (either from the menu bar or by  
right clicking on the transaction) should be "Print check."  In my very  
limited testing, the "Print check" entry is only available for payment  
transactions (not deposits) and I've found some cases where it is not  
enabled, but I would expect it to be, so I'll have to investigate  
further on the actual criteria.

In order to make it print with all the fields in the correct position  
for your actual checks, you will need to copy the template file to a  
new name, and edit it to suit.  The template is an HTML file, with  
placeholders which KMM substitutes with the actual values of things  
like the Payee and amoubnt.   I know the documentation needs  
improvement on the details, and it is definitely on my list to do, but  
feel free to ask here if you have any specific questions.

Jack
On 2020.06.30 13:58, Business wrote:
> I can't find the plugin but I'm able to print reports can you assist  
> with the plug-in I need for checks
> 
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> On Jun 30, 2020, 1:40 PM, at 1:40 PM, Jack  
> <ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> >On 2020.06.30 13:23, Thomas Baumgart wrote:
> >> On Dienstag, 30. Juni 2020 18:14:22 CEST Jack wrote:
> >> > On 2020.06.30 11:06, Bob M wrote:
> >>>> I just found this program and I am trying to setup it up to print
> >>>> wallet checks and I don't see any options to do that. Can someone
> >>>> help me with this.. or maybe its not possible ?ThanksBob
> >> >
> >>> Have you tried the check printing plugin at all?  It's hard to
> >>> provide useful suggestions if we don't know what you have already
> >>> tried, and why it didn't work for you.  I'm not sure exactly what
> >>> you mean by wallet checks, but if you want the ability to print
> >>> multiple checks on a single page, I don't think KMM can currently  
> do
> >
> >>> that.  It should, however, be able to print on a single check at a
> >>> time - possibly requiring you to modify or create a new check
> >>> template.
> >>
> >> Bob is not subscribed to the list, so I forwarded your answer.  
> Here's
> >
> >> what he wrote back to me:
> >>
> >>> I really like the program but I needed to print more than one  
> check
> >
> >>> at a time it's too bad cuz quickens charging too much for their
> >>> program
> >
> >Someone can certainly open a wishlist at bugs.kde.org, but I don't  
> know
> >
> >how easy it would be to implement.  I can imagine it is an
> >inconvenience to print one check at a time, instead of three or four  
> at
> >
> >once on a single page,  I wonder if it might be reasonable to to  
> print
> >
> >checks individually, each to a file (postscript or pdf) and then  
> create
> >
> >a script (using ghostscript or pdftk or some equivalent) to put
> >multiple files together to a single page.
> >
> >Jack
>