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Gary Wilkins

Hello,

I am in the process of developing a fairly straight-forward app to print
checks for one of our remote facilities after the office manager left.

My question is this: the checks that are used are already formatted for use
by our accounting software- which is ancient (i.e. I can't get the template
off of it). The data on the remote server can't be printed locally.

Is there a way to take a scanned image of the check and apply it as a
background so that the fields can be formatted correctly? I'd rather not do
test prints on them trying to get it right as checks costs money. They are
tractor-fed checks so I can't copy and then try to print over the copy
either. My ideal solution is to scan the check, align the fields output on
the report and then do some test prints on blank paper. Is this anything
anyone can provide some info on? I've scoured the Access help and Googled it
to no avail thusfar. I have pretty exacting measurements of the fields but
that involves quite a bit of tweaking to get them just right.

Thanks in advance for any help!
Gary
 
Gary Wilkins said:
Hello,

I am in the process of developing a fairly straight-forward app to print
checks for one of our remote facilities after the office manager left.

My question is this: the checks that are used are already formatted for use
by our accounting software- which is ancient (i.e. I can't get the template
off of it). The data on the remote server can't be printed locally.

Is there a way to take a scanned image of the check and apply it as a
background so that the fields can be formatted correctly? I'd rather not do
test prints on them trying to get it right as checks costs money. They are
tractor-fed checks so I can't copy and then try to print over the copy
either. My ideal solution is to scan the check, align the fields output on
the report and then do some test prints on blank paper. Is this anything
anyone can provide some info on? I've scoured the Access help and Googled it
to no avail thusfar. I have pretty exacting measurements of the fields but
that involves quite a bit of tweaking to get them just right.
Click to expand...

That is in fact what most people would do in that situation. There is the
problem of getting the scanned image to be the same scale as the original
so some trial and error will still be required, but the scanned image can
greatly reduce that.
 
On a side note, assuming you will be printing check numbers and routing
numbers be sure to use MICR toner. We use Rhinotek toner for our HP check
printer
 
I actually don't need to print the MICR number, it's preprinted already. I
just need the scan to help align the fields (voucher #, check#, amount,
vendor, etc.) to print out as opposed to winging it, which I fully expect I
will have to do on plain paper.

I'm just curious if anyone's found a way to do it and how... would make life
a little easier :)

-Gary
 
Gary said:
I actually don't need to print the MICR number, it's preprinted already. I
just need the scan to help align the fields (voucher #, check#, amount,
vendor, etc.) to print out as opposed to winging it, which I fully expect I
will have to do on plain paper.

I'm just curious if anyone's found a way to do it and how... would make life
a little easier :)

-Gary
Click to expand...
have you thought of scanning a check and saving it as a picture? you can
then import that picture (tif/jpg/bmp) to a form or report where you can
use it as a template.

no?
 
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