Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[HB Sidman via gnucash-user]

Thanks Ron for the idea. I had 5 drivers (old) that work with my 
printer. None worked. Went online to Dell and found an update to 3 of 
them. I tried these, 2 had the printer print blank pages and one did not 
work at all. So I guess that is progress?


Thanks,

HB

On 12/2/2018 1:52 PM, Ronal B Morse wrote:

Thank you.  I don't have a solution, but I can tell you I have experienced the
same problem with Windows, except in my case the application was "NannyPay2",
which is a front end for FileMakerPro. In that case the print dialog would not
accept any input into the page range settings and that led to no output.

All other applications could print normally. Other NannyPay2/FilemakerPro
users did not report the issue.

I have a HP CP2025DN printer.  There were two work-arounds: either print
documents to .pdf format (print to file) then print the resulting .pdf file
from another application, or change the printer driver from the preferred HP
Postscript for Color LaserJet driver to a PCL3 printer control language
driver.

Curiously, a third driver using the PCL6 printer control language (also
compatible with my hardware) produced the same symptoms as the Postscript
driver.

I hope someone can find a solution for you.

Ron Morse

On Sun, 2018-12-02 at 09:15 -0700, Ronal B Morse wrote:

Sidman, can you manually enter a value/select an option from the
now blank "page range" setting?  There should be options for
"all" and "range" with a dialog box, and "current page" or similar.

RBM

On Sun, 2018-12-02 at 10:04 -0600, David Carlson wrote:

I have run out of ideas.  Any others able to help?

David C

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 8:18 AM HB Sidman  wrote:


There is no problem printing from other programs. Because of my work I
print from 10 or 15 different programs to printers and pdf. I have tried
to
print checks and reports to pdf and it will print. However, the result
is
a
blank page. HB

  On 12/2/2018 9:00 AM, David Carlson wrote:

That behavior is very similar to what you see when the output goes to
the
wrong printer.

Have you tried things like printing to PDF or printing from a different
program?

David C

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 7:31 AM HB Sidman 
I ran the fix - modified for windows 10 64 and Microsoft Edge/IE11.
Never
had the problem with the reports not showing just not printing. It did
not
work.

When I bring up a report or check to print, I clink on "print". This
opens the print window box. It shows my printer as "ready". In the
Page
Range section the Pages area is blank. This indicates there are no
pages
to
print - I think. If I then go ahead and click on print then the print
icon
shows up in the bottom tray. But it indicates there are no documents
in
the
cue. It then goes away after a couple of minutes.

Thanks,

HB
On 12/2/2018 2:44 AM, David Carlson wrote:

You can see how old this bug is, I am not sure if you can run IE9 in
windows 10.  Perhaps someone knows if this work-around can be adapted
to
WIN 10.

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:40 AM David Carlson <
david.carlson@gmail.com>
wrote:


HB,

I found the bug report.  Check comment 40.

https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM HB Sidman  wrote:


I started off looking in the the old reports to see if there was
anything and could not find anything about windows and printing
problems.
That may be my inability to search properly. So if anyone knows
the
fix
that you are referring to I hope they will give me the location.

Thanks for the help,

HB
On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:

That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I did
not
check the entire guid line.

There is a very old bug report about not being able to print in
Windows
which has never been resolved because it cannot be repeated.  I
don't
remember the bug number.  Someone found a work-around that seems
to
make
the problem go away until a re-install of something, either
Windows
or
GnuCash.  That work-around may work for you.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman  wrote:


David,

I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one of the
.chk in
Wordpad and this is what printed out:

[Top]
Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
Rotation = -90.0
Translation = 4;492
Show_Grid = false
Show_Boxes = false

[Check Items]
Type_1 = PAYEE
Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0

Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0

Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0

Type_4 = DATE
Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0

Type_5 = NOTES
Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0

I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21

Thanks for the help,

HB

HB Sidman
703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)

On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:

I did not address the failure to print problem.  That is
probably
not
related to the .chk files but something else.  Can you print
reorts?

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson <
david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:


HB,

Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File 

Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[Ronal B Morse]

Thank you.  I don't have a solution, but I can tell you I have experienced the
same problem with Windows, except in my case the application was "NannyPay2",
which is a front end for FileMakerPro. In that case the print dialog would not
accept any input into the page range settings and that led to no output. 

All other applications could print normally. Other NannyPay2/FilemakerPro
users did not report the issue. 

I have a HP CP2025DN printer.  There were two work-arounds: either print
documents to .pdf format (print to file) then print the resulting .pdf file
from another application, or change the printer driver from the preferred HP
Postscript for Color LaserJet driver to a PCL3 printer control language
driver. 

Curiously, a third driver using the PCL6 printer control language (also
compatible with my hardware) produced the same symptoms as the Postscript
driver. 

I hope someone can find a solution for you. 

Ron Morse

On Sun, 2018-12-02 at 09:15 -0700, Ronal B Morse wrote:
> Sidman, can you manually enter a value/select an option from the 
> now blank "page range" setting?  There should be options for
> "all" and "range" with a dialog box, and "current page" or similar. 
> 
> RBM
> 
> On Sun, 2018-12-02 at 10:04 -0600, David Carlson wrote:
> > I have run out of ideas.  Any others able to help?
> > 
> > David C
> > 
> > On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 8:18 AM HB Sidman  wrote:
> > 
> > > There is no problem printing from other programs. Because of my work I
> > > print from 10 or 15 different programs to printers and pdf. I have tried
> > > to
> > > print checks and reports to pdf and it will print. However, the result
> > > is
> > > a
> > > blank page. HB
> > > 
> > >  On 12/2/2018 9:00 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> > > 
> > > That behavior is very similar to what you see when the output goes to
> > > the
> > > wrong printer.
> > > 
> > > Have you tried things like printing to PDF or printing from a different
> > > program?
> > > 
> > > David C
> > > 
> > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 7:31 AM HB Sidman  > > 
> > > > I ran the fix - modified for windows 10 64 and Microsoft Edge/IE11.
> > > > Never
> > > > had the problem with the reports not showing just not printing. It did
> > > > not
> > > > work.
> > > > 
> > > > When I bring up a report or check to print, I clink on "print". This
> > > > opens the print window box. It shows my printer as "ready". In the
> > > > Page
> > > > Range section the Pages area is blank. This indicates there are no
> > > > pages
> > > > to
> > > > print - I think. If I then go ahead and click on print then the print
> > > > icon
> > > > shows up in the bottom tray. But it indicates there are no documents
> > > > in
> > > > the
> > > > cue. It then goes away after a couple of minutes.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > HB
> > > > On 12/2/2018 2:44 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > You can see how old this bug is, I am not sure if you can run IE9 in
> > > > windows 10.  Perhaps someone knows if this work-around can be adapted
> > > > to
> > > > WIN 10.
> > > > 
> > > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:40 AM David Carlson <
> > > > david.carlson@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > HB,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I found the bug report.  Check comment 40.
> > > > > 
> > > > > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM HB Sidman  wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > I started off looking in the the old reports to see if there was
> > > > > > anything and could not find anything about windows and printing
> > > > > > problems.
> > > > > > That may be my inability to search properly. So if anyone knows
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > fix
> > > > > > that you are referring to I hope they will give me the location.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks for the help,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > HB
> > > > > > On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I did
> > > > > > not
> > > > > > check the entire guid line.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > There is a very old bug report about not being able to print in
> > > > > > Windows
> > > > > > which has never been resolved because it cannot be repeated.  I
> > > > > > don't
> > > > > > remember the bug number.  Someone found a work-around that seems
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > make
> > > > > > the problem go away until a re-install of something, either
> > > > > > Windows
> > > > > > or
> > > > > > GnuCash.  That work-around may work for you.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > David C
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman  wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > David,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one of the
> > > > > > > .chk in
> > > > > > > Wordpad and this is what printed out:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > [Top]
> > > > > > > Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
> > > > > > > Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
> > > > > > > Rotation = -90.0
> > > 

Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[HB Sidman via gnucash-user]

It gives me the choice of All (pre-selected) or pages. Selection and 
current page are dimmed and cannot be selected. All does not work and 
when I put a 1 or 1-2 in for pages it does not work either.


HB

On 12/2/2018 11:15 AM, Ronal B Morse wrote:

Sidman, can you manually enter a value/select an option from the
now blank "page range" setting?  There should be options for
"all" and "range" with a dialog box, and "current page" or similar.

RBM

On Sun, 2018-12-02 at 10:04 -0600, David Carlson wrote:

I have run out of ideas.  Any others able to help?

David C

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 8:18 AM HB Sidman  wrote:


There is no problem printing from other programs. Because of my work I
print from 10 or 15 different programs to printers and pdf. I have tried
to
print checks and reports to pdf and it will print. However, the result is
a
blank page. HB

  On 12/2/2018 9:00 AM, David Carlson wrote:

That behavior is very similar to what you see when the output goes to the
wrong printer.

Have you tried things like printing to PDF or printing from a different
program?

David C

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 7:31 AM HB Sidman 
I ran the fix - modified for windows 10 64 and Microsoft Edge/IE11.
Never
had the problem with the reports not showing just not printing. It did
not
work.

When I bring up a report or check to print, I clink on "print". This
opens the print window box. It shows my printer as "ready". In the Page
Range section the Pages area is blank. This indicates there are no pages
to
print - I think. If I then go ahead and click on print then the print
icon
shows up in the bottom tray. But it indicates there are no documents in
the
cue. It then goes away after a couple of minutes.

Thanks,

HB
On 12/2/2018 2:44 AM, David Carlson wrote:

You can see how old this bug is, I am not sure if you can run IE9 in
windows 10.  Perhaps someone knows if this work-around can be adapted to
WIN 10.

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:40 AM David Carlson <
david.carlson@gmail.com>
wrote:


HB,

I found the bug report.  Check comment 40.

https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM HB Sidman  wrote:


I started off looking in the the old reports to see if there was
anything and could not find anything about windows and printing
problems.
That may be my inability to search properly. So if anyone knows the
fix
that you are referring to I hope they will give me the location.

Thanks for the help,

HB
On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:

That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I did not
check the entire guid line.

There is a very old bug report about not being able to print in
Windows
which has never been resolved because it cannot be repeated.  I
don't
remember the bug number.  Someone found a work-around that seems to
make
the problem go away until a re-install of something, either Windows
or
GnuCash.  That work-around may work for you.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman  wrote:


David,

I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one of the
.chk in
Wordpad and this is what printed out:

[Top]
Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
Rotation = -90.0
Translation = 4;492
Show_Grid = false
Show_Boxes = false

[Check Items]
Type_1 = PAYEE
Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0

Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0

Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0

Type_4 = DATE
Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0

Type_5 = NOTES
Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0

I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21

Thanks for the help,

HB

HB Sidman
703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)

On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:

I did not address the failure to print problem.  That is probably
not
related to the .chk files but something else.  Can you print
reorts?

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson <
david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:


HB,

Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File Fragments'

If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
(x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they are not
fragments but
the files that you want, at least for 2.6.x releases of GnuCash
in
Windows.  You can open them (carefully) with Wordpad and see
what they
contain.  If you made custom check printing formats they may be
somewhere
else, I have not tried that.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:


Hi,

After using gnucash for several years I decided it was time to
upgrade
from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If it is not
broken
don't
fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no problem. Every
function
worked
both old and new. Until I tried to print a check. At which
point
nothing
happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3 minutes I got a
warning
message that my check file was a fragment. I went into the
system to
verify that and found that all the .chk files were fragments.
I
tried to
reload new files but they kept being replaced by the
fragments.

Step 2: I went back 

Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[Ronal B Morse]

Sidman, can you manually enter a value/select an option from the 
now blank "page range" setting?  There should be options for
"all" and "range" with a dialog box, and "current page" or similar. 

RBM

On Sun, 2018-12-02 at 10:04 -0600, David Carlson wrote:
> I have run out of ideas.  Any others able to help?
> 
> David C
> 
> On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 8:18 AM HB Sidman  wrote:
> 
> > There is no problem printing from other programs. Because of my work I
> > print from 10 or 15 different programs to printers and pdf. I have tried
> > to
> > print checks and reports to pdf and it will print. However, the result is
> > a
> > blank page. HB
> > 
> >  On 12/2/2018 9:00 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> > 
> > That behavior is very similar to what you see when the output goes to the
> > wrong printer.
> > 
> > Have you tried things like printing to PDF or printing from a different
> > program?
> > 
> > David C
> > 
> > On Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 7:31 AM HB Sidman  > 
> > > I ran the fix - modified for windows 10 64 and Microsoft Edge/IE11.
> > > Never
> > > had the problem with the reports not showing just not printing. It did
> > > not
> > > work.
> > > 
> > > When I bring up a report or check to print, I clink on "print". This
> > > opens the print window box. It shows my printer as "ready". In the Page
> > > Range section the Pages area is blank. This indicates there are no pages
> > > to
> > > print - I think. If I then go ahead and click on print then the print
> > > icon
> > > shows up in the bottom tray. But it indicates there are no documents in
> > > the
> > > cue. It then goes away after a couple of minutes.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > HB
> > > On 12/2/2018 2:44 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> > > 
> > > You can see how old this bug is, I am not sure if you can run IE9 in
> > > windows 10.  Perhaps someone knows if this work-around can be adapted to
> > > WIN 10.
> > > 
> > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:40 AM David Carlson <
> > > david.carlson@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > HB,
> > > > 
> > > > I found the bug report.  Check comment 40.
> > > > 
> > > > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273
> > > > 
> > > > On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM HB Sidman  wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > I started off looking in the the old reports to see if there was
> > > > > anything and could not find anything about windows and printing
> > > > > problems.
> > > > > That may be my inability to search properly. So if anyone knows the
> > > > > fix
> > > > > that you are referring to I hope they will give me the location.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks for the help,
> > > > > 
> > > > > HB
> > > > > On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I did not
> > > > > check the entire guid line.
> > > > > 
> > > > > There is a very old bug report about not being able to print in
> > > > > Windows
> > > > > which has never been resolved because it cannot be repeated.  I
> > > > > don't
> > > > > remember the bug number.  Someone found a work-around that seems to
> > > > > make
> > > > > the problem go away until a re-install of something, either Windows
> > > > > or
> > > > > GnuCash.  That work-around may work for you.
> > > > > 
> > > > > David C
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman  wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > David,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one of the
> > > > > > .chk in
> > > > > > Wordpad and this is what printed out:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > [Top]
> > > > > > Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
> > > > > > Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
> > > > > > Rotation = -90.0
> > > > > > Translation = 4;492
> > > > > > Show_Grid = false
> > > > > > Show_Boxes = false
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > [Check Items]
> > > > > > Type_1 = PAYEE
> > > > > > Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
> > > > > > Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
> > > > > > Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Type_4 = DATE
> > > > > > Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Type_5 = NOTES
> > > > > > Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks for the help,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > HB
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > HB Sidman
> > > > > > 703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I did not address the failure to print problem.  That is probably
> > > > > > not
> > > > > > related to the .chk files but something else.  Can you print
> > > > > > reorts?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > David C
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson <
> > > > > > david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > HB,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File Fragments'
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > If the 

Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[David Carlson]

I have run out of ideas.  Any others able to help?

David C

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 8:18 AM HB Sidman  wrote:

> There is no problem printing from other programs. Because of my work I
> print from 10 or 15 different programs to printers and pdf. I have tried to
> print checks and reports to pdf and it will print. However, the result is a
> blank page. HB
>
>  On 12/2/2018 9:00 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>
> That behavior is very similar to what you see when the output goes to the
> wrong printer.
>
> Have you tried things like printing to PDF or printing from a different
> program?
>
> David C
>
> On Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 7:31 AM HB Sidman 
>> I ran the fix - modified for windows 10 64 and Microsoft Edge/IE11. Never
>> had the problem with the reports not showing just not printing. It did not
>> work.
>>
>> When I bring up a report or check to print, I clink on "print". This
>> opens the print window box. It shows my printer as "ready". In the Page
>> Range section the Pages area is blank. This indicates there are no pages to
>> print - I think. If I then go ahead and click on print then the print icon
>> shows up in the bottom tray. But it indicates there are no documents in the
>> cue. It then goes away after a couple of minutes.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> HB
>> On 12/2/2018 2:44 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>>
>> You can see how old this bug is, I am not sure if you can run IE9 in
>> windows 10.  Perhaps someone knows if this work-around can be adapted to
>> WIN 10.
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:40 AM David Carlson 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> HB,
>>>
>>> I found the bug report.  Check comment 40.
>>>
>>> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM HB Sidman  wrote:
>>>
 I started off looking in the the old reports to see if there was
 anything and could not find anything about windows and printing problems.
 That may be my inability to search properly. So if anyone knows the fix
 that you are referring to I hope they will give me the location.

 Thanks for the help,

 HB
 On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:

 That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I did not
 check the entire guid line.

 There is a very old bug report about not being able to print in Windows
 which has never been resolved because it cannot be repeated.  I don't
 remember the bug number.  Someone found a work-around that seems to make
 the problem go away until a re-install of something, either Windows or
 GnuCash.  That work-around may work for you.

 David C

 On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman  wrote:

> David,
>
> I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one of the .chk in
> Wordpad and this is what printed out:
>
> [Top]
> Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
> Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
> Rotation = -90.0
> Translation = 4;492
> Show_Grid = false
> Show_Boxes = false
>
> [Check Items]
> Type_1 = PAYEE
> Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0
>
> Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
> Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0
>
> Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
> Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0
>
> Type_4 = DATE
> Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0
>
> Type_5 = NOTES
> Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0
>
> I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> HB
>
> HB Sidman
> 703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)
>
> On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>
> I did not address the failure to print problem.  That is probably not
> related to the .chk files but something else.  Can you print reorts?
>
> David C
>
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson <
> david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> HB,
>>
>> Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File Fragments'
>>
>> If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they are not fragments but
>> the files that you want, at least for 2.6.x releases of GnuCash in
>> Windows.  You can open them (carefully) with Wordpad and see what they
>> contain.  If you made custom check printing formats they may be somewhere
>> else, I have not tried that.
>>
>> David C
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via gnucash-user <
>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> After using gnucash for several years I decided it was time to
>>> upgrade
>>> from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If it is not broken
>>> don't
>>> fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no problem. Every function
>>> worked
>>> both old and new. Until I tried to print a check. At which point
>>> nothing
>>> happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3 minutes I got a warning
>>> message that my check file was a fragment. I went into the system to

Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[HB Sidman via gnucash-user]

There is no problem printing from other programs. Because of my work I 
print from 10 or 15 different programs to printers and pdf. I have tried 
to print checks and reports to pdf and it will print. However, the 
result is a blank page. HB


On 12/2/2018 9:00 AM, David Carlson wrote:
That behavior is very similar to what you see when the output goes to 
the wrong printer.


Have you tried things like printing to PDF or printing from a 
different program?


David C

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 7:31 AM HB Sidman  wrote:


I ran the fix - modified for windows 10 64 and Microsoft
Edge/IE11. Never had the problem with the reports not showing just
not printing. It did not work.

When I bring up a report or check to print, I clink on "print".
This opens the print window box. It shows my printer as "ready".
In the Page Range section the Pages area is blank. This indicates
there are no pages to print - I think. If I then go ahead and
click on print then the print icon shows up in the bottom tray.
But it indicates there are no documents in the cue. It then goes
away after a couple of minutes.

Thanks,

HB

On 12/2/2018 2:44 AM, David Carlson wrote:

You can see how old this bug is, I am not sure if you can run IE9
in windows 10.  Perhaps someone knows if this work-around can be
adapted to WIN 10.

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:40 AM David Carlson
mailto:david.carlson@gmail.com>> wrote:

HB,

I found the bug report.  Check comment 40.

https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM HB Sidman mailto:dk...@aol.com>> wrote:

I started off looking in the the old reports to see if
there was anything and could not find anything about
windows and printing problems. That may be my inability
to search properly. So if anyone knows the fix that you
are referring to I hope they will give me the location.

Thanks for the help,

HB

On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:

That looks identical to the same file on my computer,
but I did not check the entire guid line.

There is a very old bug report about not being able to
print in Windows which has never been resolved because
it cannot be repeated.  I don't remember the bug
number.  Someone found a work-around that seems to make
the problem go away until a re-install of something,
either Windows or GnuCash.  That work-around may work
for you.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman mailto:dk...@aol.com>> wrote:

David,

I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened
one of the .chk in Wordpad and this is what printed out:

[Top]
Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
Rotation = -90.0
Translation = 4;492
Show_Grid = false
Show_Boxes = false

[Check Items]
Type_1 = PAYEE
Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0

Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0

Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0

Type_4 = DATE
Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0

Type_5 = NOTES
Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0

I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21

Thanks for the help,

HB

HB Sidman
703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)

On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:

I did not address the failure to print problem. 
That is probably not related to the .chk files but
something else.  Can you print reorts?

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson
mailto:david.carlson@gmail.com>> wrote:

HB,

Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered
File Fragments'

If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
(x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory
they are not fragments but the files that you
want, at least for 2.6.x releases of GnuCash in
Windows.  You can open them (carefully) with
Wordpad and see what they contain.  If you made
custom check printing formats they may be
somewhere else, I have not tried that.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via
gnucash-user 

Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[HB Sidman via gnucash-user]

This is the modified fix that I ran:

- click on Control Panel via Cortana search

 - Click on Internet Options

 - Select the Programs Tab

 - At the bottom of the tab, select Set Programs

 - Select the bottom option "set program access and computer defaults"

 - You are then asked to choose default apps:

 - I used the Reset to the Microsoft recommended defaults -- It did not 
work for me


On 12/2/2018 8:31 AM, HB Sidman wrote:


I ran the fix - modified for windows 10 64 and Microsoft Edge/IE11. 
Never had the problem with the reports not showing just not printing. 
It did not work.


When I bring up a report or check to print, I clink on "print". This 
opens the print window box. It shows my printer as "ready". In the 
Page Range section the Pages area is blank. This indicates there are 
no pages to print - I think. If I then go ahead and click on print 
then the print icon shows up in the bottom tray. But it indicates 
there are no documents in the cue. It then goes away after a couple of 
minutes.


Thanks,

HB

On 12/2/2018 2:44 AM, David Carlson wrote:
You can see how old this bug is, I am not sure if you can run IE9 in 
windows 10.  Perhaps someone knows if this work-around can be adapted 
to WIN 10.


On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:40 AM David Carlson 
mailto:david.carlson@gmail.com>> wrote:


HB,

I found the bug report.  Check comment 40.

https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM HB Sidman mailto:dk...@aol.com>> wrote:

I started off looking in the the old reports to see if there
was anything and could not find anything about windows and
printing problems. That may be my inability to search
properly. So if anyone knows the fix that you are referring
to I hope they will give me the location.

Thanks for the help,

HB

On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:

That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I
did not check the entire guid line.

There is a very old bug report about not being able to print
in Windows which has never been resolved because it cannot
be repeated.  I don't remember the bug number.  Someone
found a work-around that seems to make the problem go away
until a re-install of something, either Windows or GnuCash. 
That work-around may work for you.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman mailto:dk...@aol.com>> wrote:

David,

I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one
of the .chk in Wordpad and this is what printed out:

[Top]
Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
Rotation = -90.0
Translation = 4;492
Show_Grid = false
Show_Boxes = false

[Check Items]
Type_1 = PAYEE
Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0

Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0

Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0

Type_4 = DATE
Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0

Type_5 = NOTES
Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0

I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21

Thanks for the help,

HB

HB Sidman
703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)

On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:

I did not address the failure to print problem.  That
is probably not related to the .chk files but something
else.  Can you print reorts?

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson
mailto:david.carlson@gmail.com>> wrote:

HB,

Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File
Fragments'

If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
(x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they
are not fragments but the files that you want, at
least for 2.6.x releases of GnuCash in Windows. 
You can open them (carefully) with Wordpad and see
what they contain.  If you made custom check
printing formats they may be somewhere else, I have
not tried that.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via
gnucash-user mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> wrote:

Hi,

After using gnucash for several years I decided
it was time to upgrade
from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If
it is not broken don't
fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no
problem. Every function worked
both old and new. Until I tried to print 

Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[David Carlson]

That behavior is very similar to what you see when the output goes to the
wrong printer.

Have you tried things like printing to PDF or printing from a different
program?

David C

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 7:31 AM HB Sidman  I ran the fix - modified for windows 10 64 and Microsoft Edge/IE11. Never
> had the problem with the reports not showing just not printing. It did not
> work.
>
> When I bring up a report or check to print, I clink on "print". This opens
> the print window box. It shows my printer as "ready". In the Page Range
> section the Pages area is blank. This indicates there are no pages to print
> - I think. If I then go ahead and click on print then the print icon shows
> up in the bottom tray. But it indicates there are no documents in the cue.
> It then goes away after a couple of minutes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> HB
>
>  On 12/2/2018 2:44 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>
> You can see how old this bug is, I am not sure if you can run IE9 in
> windows 10.  Perhaps someone knows if this work-around can be adapted to
> WIN 10.
>
> On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:40 AM David Carlson 
> wrote:
>
>> HB,
>>
>> I found the bug report.  Check comment 40.
>>
>> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM HB Sidman  wrote:
>>
>>> I started off looking in the the old reports to see if there was
>>> anything and could not find anything about windows and printing problems.
>>> That may be my inability to search properly. So if anyone knows the fix
>>> that you are referring to I hope they will give me the location.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help,
>>>
>>> HB
>>> On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:
>>>
>>> That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I did not
>>> check the entire guid line.
>>>
>>> There is a very old bug report about not being able to print in Windows
>>> which has never been resolved because it cannot be repeated.  I don't
>>> remember the bug number.  Someone found a work-around that seems to make
>>> the problem go away until a re-install of something, either Windows or
>>> GnuCash.  That work-around may work for you.
>>>
>>> David C
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman  wrote:
>>>
 David,

 I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one of the .chk in
 Wordpad and this is what printed out:

 [Top]
 Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
 Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
 Rotation = -90.0
 Translation = 4;492
 Show_Grid = false
 Show_Boxes = false

 [Check Items]
 Type_1 = PAYEE
 Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0

 Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
 Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0

 Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
 Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0

 Type_4 = DATE
 Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0

 Type_5 = NOTES
 Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0

 I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21

 Thanks for the help,

 HB

 HB Sidman
 703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)

 On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:

 I did not address the failure to print problem.  That is probably not
 related to the .chk files but something else.  Can you print reorts?

 David C

 On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson <
 david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:

> HB,
>
> Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File Fragments'
>
> If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
> (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they are not fragments but
> the files that you want, at least for 2.6.x releases of GnuCash in
> Windows.  You can open them (carefully) with Wordpad and see what they
> contain.  If you made custom check printing formats they may be somewhere
> else, I have not tried that.
>
> David C
>
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> After using gnucash for several years I decided it was time to
>> upgrade
>> from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If it is not broken don't
>> fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no problem. Every function
>> worked
>> both old and new. Until I tried to print a check. At which point
>> nothing
>> happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3 minutes I got a warning
>> message that my check file was a fragment. I went into the system to
>> verify that and found that all the .chk files were fragments. I tried
>> to
>> reload new files but they kept being replaced by the fragments.
>>
>> Step 2: I went back gnucash 2 last stable version on line. It
>> reloaded
>> without a problem but still could not print checks. Same problem.
>>
>> Step 3: Loaded gnucash 2 on a laptop that had never had it on it
>> before.
>> Then took a saved file from 3 months before the problem happened and
>> loaded it. Once again everything went fine until I tried to 

Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[HB Sidman via gnucash-user]

I ran the fix - modified for windows 10 64 and Microsoft Edge/IE11. 
Never had the problem with the reports not showing just not printing. It 
did not work.


When I bring up a report or check to print, I clink on "print". This 
opens the print window box. It shows my printer as "ready". In the Page 
Range section the Pages area is blank. This indicates there are no pages 
to print - I think. If I then go ahead and click on print then the print 
icon shows up in the bottom tray. But it indicates there are no 
documents in the cue. It then goes away after a couple of minutes.


Thanks,

HB

On 12/2/2018 2:44 AM, David Carlson wrote:
You can see how old this bug is, I am not sure if you can run IE9 in 
windows 10.  Perhaps someone knows if this work-around can be adapted 
to WIN 10.


On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:40 AM David Carlson 
mailto:david.carlson@gmail.com>> wrote:


HB,

I found the bug report.  Check comment 40.

https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM HB Sidman mailto:dk...@aol.com>> wrote:

I started off looking in the the old reports to see if there
was anything and could not find anything about windows and
printing problems. That may be my inability to search
properly. So if anyone knows the fix that you are referring to
I hope they will give me the location.

Thanks for the help,

HB

On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:

That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I
did not check the entire guid line.

There is a very old bug report about not being able to print
in Windows which has never been resolved because it cannot be
repeated.  I don't remember the bug number.  Someone found a
work-around that seems to make the problem go away until a
re-install of something, either Windows or GnuCash.  That
work-around may work for you.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman mailto:dk...@aol.com>> wrote:

David,

I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one
of the .chk in Wordpad and this is what printed out:

[Top]
Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
Rotation = -90.0
Translation = 4;492
Show_Grid = false
Show_Boxes = false

[Check Items]
Type_1 = PAYEE
Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0

Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0

Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0

Type_4 = DATE
Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0

Type_5 = NOTES
Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0

I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21

Thanks for the help,

HB

HB Sidman
703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)

On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:

I did not address the failure to print problem.  That is
probably not related to the .chk files but something
else.  Can you print reorts?

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson
mailto:david.carlson@gmail.com>> wrote:

HB,

Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File
Fragments'

If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
(x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they
are not fragments but the files that you want, at
least for 2.6.x releases of GnuCash in Windows.  You
can open them (carefully) with Wordpad and see what
they contain.  If you made custom check printing
formats they may be somewhere else, I have not tried
that.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via
gnucash-user mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> wrote:

Hi,

After using gnucash for several years I decided
it was time to upgrade
from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If
it is not broken don't
fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no
problem. Every function worked
both old and new. Until I tried to print a
check. At which point nothing
happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3
minutes I got a warning
message that my check file was a fragment. I
went into the system to
verify that and found that all the .chk files
were fragments. I tried to
reload new files but they kept being 

Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[David Carlson]

You can see how old this bug is, I am not sure if you can run IE9 in
windows 10.  Perhaps someone knows if this work-around can be adapted to
WIN 10.

On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:40 AM David Carlson 
wrote:

> HB,
>
> I found the bug report.  Check comment 40.
>
> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273
>
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM HB Sidman  wrote:
>
>> I started off looking in the the old reports to see if there was anything
>> and could not find anything about windows and printing problems. That may
>> be my inability to search properly. So if anyone knows the fix that you are
>> referring to I hope they will give me the location.
>>
>> Thanks for the help,
>>
>> HB
>> On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:
>>
>> That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I did not check
>> the entire guid line.
>>
>> There is a very old bug report about not being able to print in Windows
>> which has never been resolved because it cannot be repeated.  I don't
>> remember the bug number.  Someone found a work-around that seems to make
>> the problem go away until a re-install of something, either Windows or
>> GnuCash.  That work-around may work for you.
>>
>> David C
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman  wrote:
>>
>>> David,
>>>
>>> I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one of the .chk in
>>> Wordpad and this is what printed out:
>>>
>>> [Top]
>>> Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
>>> Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
>>> Rotation = -90.0
>>> Translation = 4;492
>>> Show_Grid = false
>>> Show_Boxes = false
>>>
>>> [Check Items]
>>> Type_1 = PAYEE
>>> Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0
>>>
>>> Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
>>> Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0
>>>
>>> Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
>>> Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0
>>>
>>> Type_4 = DATE
>>> Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0
>>>
>>> Type_5 = NOTES
>>> Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0
>>>
>>> I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help,
>>>
>>> HB
>>>
>>> HB Sidman
>>> 703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)
>>>
>>> On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>>>
>>> I did not address the failure to print problem.  That is probably not
>>> related to the .chk files but something else.  Can you print reorts?
>>>
>>> David C
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson <
>>> david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 HB,

 Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File Fragments'

 If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
 (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they are not fragments but
 the files that you want, at least for 2.6.x releases of GnuCash in
 Windows.  You can open them (carefully) with Wordpad and see what they
 contain.  If you made custom check printing formats they may be somewhere
 else, I have not tried that.

 David C

 On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via gnucash-user <
 gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> After using gnucash for several years I decided it was time to upgrade
> from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If it is not broken don't
> fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no problem. Every function
> worked
> both old and new. Until I tried to print a check. At which point
> nothing
> happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3 minutes I got a warning
> message that my check file was a fragment. I went into the system to
> verify that and found that all the .chk files were fragments. I tried
> to
> reload new files but they kept being replaced by the fragments.
>
> Step 2: I went back gnucash 2 last stable version on line. It reloaded
> without a problem but still could not print checks. Same problem.
>
> Step 3: Loaded gnucash 2 on a laptop that had never had it on it
> before.
> Then took a saved file from 3 months before the problem happened and
> loaded it. Once again everything went fine until I tried to print.
> Then
> was presented the same problem of .chk file fragments and not being
> able
> to replace them.
>
> Step 4: Using the laptop as my test bed, I removed everything gnucash
> from the hard drive. Search the C drive for any thing left and removed
> it as the administrator. Then did a search for .chk and found 4 files
> buried on the C drive - all fragments. I could delete them but they
> would come right back as soon as I restarted the computer.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated - I am getting tired of hand
> writing all of my checks.
>
> I am running Windows 10 on all of my computers and they are all
> completely up to date.
>
> Thanks,
>
> HB
>
>
>
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Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[David Carlson]

HB,

I found the bug report.  Check comment 40.

https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM HB Sidman  wrote:

> I started off looking in the the old reports to see if there was anything
> and could not find anything about windows and printing problems. That may
> be my inability to search properly. So if anyone knows the fix that you are
> referring to I hope they will give me the location.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> HB
> On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:
>
> That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I did not check
> the entire guid line.
>
> There is a very old bug report about not being able to print in Windows
> which has never been resolved because it cannot be repeated.  I don't
> remember the bug number.  Someone found a work-around that seems to make
> the problem go away until a re-install of something, either Windows or
> GnuCash.  That work-around may work for you.
>
> David C
>
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman  wrote:
>
>> David,
>>
>> I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one of the .chk in
>> Wordpad and this is what printed out:
>>
>> [Top]
>> Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
>> Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
>> Rotation = -90.0
>> Translation = 4;492
>> Show_Grid = false
>> Show_Boxes = false
>>
>> [Check Items]
>> Type_1 = PAYEE
>> Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0
>>
>> Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
>> Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0
>>
>> Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
>> Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0
>>
>> Type_4 = DATE
>> Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0
>>
>> Type_5 = NOTES
>> Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0
>>
>> I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21
>>
>> Thanks for the help,
>>
>> HB
>>
>> HB Sidman
>> 703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)
>>
>> On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>>
>> I did not address the failure to print problem.  That is probably not
>> related to the .chk files but something else.  Can you print reorts?
>>
>> David C
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson <
>> david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> HB,
>>>
>>> Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File Fragments'
>>>
>>> If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
>>> (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they are not fragments but
>>> the files that you want, at least for 2.6.x releases of GnuCash in
>>> Windows.  You can open them (carefully) with Wordpad and see what they
>>> contain.  If you made custom check printing formats they may be somewhere
>>> else, I have not tried that.
>>>
>>> David C
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via gnucash-user <
>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>>>
 Hi,

 After using gnucash for several years I decided it was time to upgrade
 from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If it is not broken don't
 fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no problem. Every function
 worked
 both old and new. Until I tried to print a check. At which point
 nothing
 happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3 minutes I got a warning
 message that my check file was a fragment. I went into the system to
 verify that and found that all the .chk files were fragments. I tried
 to
 reload new files but they kept being replaced by the fragments.

 Step 2: I went back gnucash 2 last stable version on line. It reloaded
 without a problem but still could not print checks. Same problem.

 Step 3: Loaded gnucash 2 on a laptop that had never had it on it
 before.
 Then took a saved file from 3 months before the problem happened and
 loaded it. Once again everything went fine until I tried to print. Then
 was presented the same problem of .chk file fragments and not being
 able
 to replace them.

 Step 4: Using the laptop as my test bed, I removed everything gnucash
 from the hard drive. Search the C drive for any thing left and removed
 it as the administrator. Then did a search for .chk and found 4 files
 buried on the C drive - all fragments. I could delete them but they
 would come right back as soon as I restarted the computer.

 Any help would be greatly appreciated - I am getting tired of hand
 writing all of my checks.

 I am running Windows 10 on all of my computers and they are all
 completely up to date.

 Thanks,

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Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[HB Sidman via gnucash-user]

I started off looking in the the old reports to see if there was 
anything and could not find anything about windows and printing 
problems. That may be my inability to search properly. So if anyone 
knows the fix that you are referring to I hope they will give me the 
location.


Thanks for the help,

HB

On 12/1/2018 1:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:
That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I did not 
check the entire guid line.


There is a very old bug report about not being able to print in 
Windows which has never been resolved because it cannot be repeated.  
I don't remember the bug number.  Someone found a work-around that 
seems to make the problem go away until a re-install of something, 
either Windows or GnuCash. That work-around may work for you.


David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman > wrote:


David,

I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one of the
.chk in Wordpad and this is what printed out:

[Top]
Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
Rotation = -90.0
Translation = 4;492
Show_Grid = false
Show_Boxes = false

[Check Items]
Type_1 = PAYEE
Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0

Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0

Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0

Type_4 = DATE
Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0

Type_5 = NOTES
Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0

I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21

Thanks for the help,

HB

HB Sidman
703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)

On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:

I did not address the failure to print problem. That is probably
not related to the .chk files but something else.  Can you print
reorts?

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson
mailto:david.carlson@gmail.com>> wrote:

HB,

Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File Fragments'

If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
(x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they are not
fragments but the files that you want, at least for 2.6.x
releases of GnuCash in Windows.  You can open them
(carefully) with Wordpad and see what they contain.  If you
made custom check printing formats they may be somewhere
else, I have not tried that.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via gnucash-user
mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>>
wrote:

Hi,

After using gnucash for several years I decided it was
time to upgrade
from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If it is not
broken don't
fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no problem. Every
function worked
both old and new. Until I tried to print a check. At
which point nothing
happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3 minutes I got a
warning
message that my check file was a fragment. I went into
the system to
verify that and found that all the .chk files were
fragments. I tried to
reload new files but they kept being replaced by the
fragments.

Step 2: I went back gnucash 2 last stable version on
line. It reloaded
without a problem but still could not print checks. Same
problem.

Step 3: Loaded gnucash 2 on a laptop that had never had
it on it before.
Then took a saved file from 3 months before the problem
happened and
loaded it. Once again everything went fine until I tried
to print. Then
was presented the same problem of .chk file fragments and
not being able
to replace them.

Step 4: Using the laptop as my test bed, I removed
everything gnucash
from the hard drive. Search the C drive for any thing
left and removed
it as the administrator. Then did a search for .chk and
found 4 files
buried on the C drive - all fragments. I could delete
them but they
would come right back as soon as I restarted the computer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated - I am getting
tired of hand
writing all of my checks.

I am running Windows 10 on all of my computers and they
are all
completely up to date.

Thanks,

HB



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Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[David Carlson]

That looks identical to the same file on my computer, but I did not check
the entire guid line.

There is a very old bug report about not being able to print in Windows
which has never been resolved because it cannot be repeated.  I don't
remember the bug number.  Someone found a work-around that seems to make
the problem go away until a re-install of something, either Windows or
GnuCash.  That work-around may work for you.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 11:55 AM HB Sidman  wrote:

> David,
>
> I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one of the .chk in
> Wordpad and this is what printed out:
>
> [Top]
> Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
> Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
> Rotation = -90.0
> Translation = 4;492
> Show_Grid = false
> Show_Boxes = false
>
> [Check Items]
> Type_1 = PAYEE
> Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0
>
> Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
> Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0
>
> Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
> Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0
>
> Type_4 = DATE
> Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0
>
> Type_5 = NOTES
> Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0
>
> I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> HB
>
> HB Sidman
> 703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)
>
> On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>
> I did not address the failure to print problem.  That is probably not
> related to the .chk files but something else.  Can you print reorts?
>
> David C
>
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson 
> wrote:
>
>> HB,
>>
>> Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File Fragments'
>>
>> If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they are not fragments but
>> the files that you want, at least for 2.6.x releases of GnuCash in
>> Windows.  You can open them (carefully) with Wordpad and see what they
>> contain.  If you made custom check printing formats they may be somewhere
>> else, I have not tried that.
>>
>> David C
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via gnucash-user <
>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> After using gnucash for several years I decided it was time to upgrade
>>> from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If it is not broken don't
>>> fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no problem. Every function worked
>>> both old and new. Until I tried to print a check. At which point nothing
>>> happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3 minutes I got a warning
>>> message that my check file was a fragment. I went into the system to
>>> verify that and found that all the .chk files were fragments. I tried to
>>> reload new files but they kept being replaced by the fragments.
>>>
>>> Step 2: I went back gnucash 2 last stable version on line. It reloaded
>>> without a problem but still could not print checks. Same problem.
>>>
>>> Step 3: Loaded gnucash 2 on a laptop that had never had it on it before.
>>> Then took a saved file from 3 months before the problem happened and
>>> loaded it. Once again everything went fine until I tried to print. Then
>>> was presented the same problem of .chk file fragments and not being able
>>> to replace them.
>>>
>>> Step 4: Using the laptop as my test bed, I removed everything gnucash
>>> from the hard drive. Search the C drive for any thing left and removed
>>> it as the administrator. Then did a search for .chk and found 4 files
>>> buried on the C drive - all fragments. I could delete them but they
>>> would come right back as soon as I restarted the computer.
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated - I am getting tired of hand
>>> writing all of my checks.
>>>
>>> I am running Windows 10 on all of my computers and they are all
>>> completely up to date.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> HB
>>>
>>>
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Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[HB Sidman via gnucash-user]

David,

I can not print reports, now. New problem. I opened one of the .chk in 
Wordpad and this is what printed out:


[Top]
Guid = 378e5740-a2d3-4678-be20-37d14d97b458
Title = Liberty(tm) Personal Checks US-Letter
Rotation = -90.0
Translation = 4;492
Show_Grid = false
Show_Boxes = false

[Check Items]
Type_1 = PAYEE
Coords_1 = 118.0;74.0

Type_2 = AMOUNT_WORDS
Coords_2 = 90.0;96.0

Type_3 = AMOUNT_NUMBER
Coords_3 = 415.0;74.0

Type_4 = DATE
Coords_4 = 323.0;43.0

Type_5 = NOTES
Coords_5 = 90.0;155.0

I did not make custom checks. I am using 2.6.21

Thanks for the help,

HB

HB Sidman
703-938-6700 (O) 703-562-1953 (F)

On 12/1/2018 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:
I did not address the failure to print problem.  That is probably not 
related to the .chk files but something else. Can you print reorts?


David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson 
mailto:david.carlson@gmail.com>> wrote:


HB,

Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File Fragments'

If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
(x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they are not
fragments but the files that you want, at least for 2.6.x releases
of GnuCash in Windows.  You can open them (carefully) with Wordpad
and see what they contain.  If you made custom check printing
formats they may be somewhere else, I have not tried that.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via gnucash-user
mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> wrote:

Hi,

After using gnucash for several years I decided it was time to
upgrade
from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If it is not
broken don't
fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no problem. Every
function worked
both old and new. Until I tried to print a check. At which
point nothing
happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3 minutes I got a warning
message that my check file was a fragment. I went into the
system to
verify that and found that all the .chk files were fragments.
I tried to
reload new files but they kept being replaced by the fragments.

Step 2: I went back gnucash 2 last stable version on line. It
reloaded
without a problem but still could not print checks. Same problem.

Step 3: Loaded gnucash 2 on a laptop that had never had it on
it before.
Then took a saved file from 3 months before the problem
happened and
loaded it. Once again everything went fine until I tried to
print. Then
was presented the same problem of .chk file fragments and not
being able
to replace them.

Step 4: Using the laptop as my test bed, I removed everything
gnucash
from the hard drive. Search the C drive for any thing left and
removed
it as the administrator. Then did a search for .chk and found
4 files
buried on the C drive - all fragments. I could delete them but
they
would come right back as soon as I restarted the computer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated - I am getting tired of
hand
writing all of my checks.

I am running Windows 10 on all of my computers and they are all
completely up to date.

Thanks,

HB



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Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[David Carlson]

I did not address the failure to print problem.  That is probably not
related to the .chk files but something else.  Can you print reorts?

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson 
wrote:

> HB,
>
> Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File Fragments'
>
> If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
> (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they are not fragments but
> the files that you want, at least for 2.6.x releases of GnuCash in
> Windows.  You can open them (carefully) with Wordpad and see what they
> contain.  If you made custom check printing formats they may be somewhere
> else, I have not tried that.
>
> David C
>
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> After using gnucash for several years I decided it was time to upgrade
>> from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If it is not broken don't
>> fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no problem. Every function worked
>> both old and new. Until I tried to print a check. At which point nothing
>> happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3 minutes I got a warning
>> message that my check file was a fragment. I went into the system to
>> verify that and found that all the .chk files were fragments. I tried to
>> reload new files but they kept being replaced by the fragments.
>>
>> Step 2: I went back gnucash 2 last stable version on line. It reloaded
>> without a problem but still could not print checks. Same problem.
>>
>> Step 3: Loaded gnucash 2 on a laptop that had never had it on it before.
>> Then took a saved file from 3 months before the problem happened and
>> loaded it. Once again everything went fine until I tried to print. Then
>> was presented the same problem of .chk file fragments and not being able
>> to replace them.
>>
>> Step 4: Using the laptop as my test bed, I removed everything gnucash
>> from the hard drive. Search the C drive for any thing left and removed
>> it as the administrator. Then did a search for .chk and found 4 files
>> buried on the C drive - all fragments. I could delete them but they
>> would come right back as soon as I restarted the computer.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated - I am getting tired of hand
>> writing all of my checks.
>>
>> I am running Windows 10 on all of my computers and they are all
>> completely up to date.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> HB
>>
>>
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Re: [GNC] Can no longer print checks

[David Carlson]

HB,

Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File Fragments'

If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files
(x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they are not fragments but
the files that you want, at least for 2.6.x releases of GnuCash in
Windows.  You can open them (carefully) with Wordpad and see what they
contain.  If you made custom check printing formats they may be somewhere
else, I have not tried that.

David C

On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> After using gnucash for several years I decided it was time to upgrade
> from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If it is not broken don't
> fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no problem. Every function worked
> both old and new. Until I tried to print a check. At which point nothing
> happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3 minutes I got a warning
> message that my check file was a fragment. I went into the system to
> verify that and found that all the .chk files were fragments. I tried to
> reload new files but they kept being replaced by the fragments.
>
> Step 2: I went back gnucash 2 last stable version on line. It reloaded
> without a problem but still could not print checks. Same problem.
>
> Step 3: Loaded gnucash 2 on a laptop that had never had it on it before.
> Then took a saved file from 3 months before the problem happened and
> loaded it. Once again everything went fine until I tried to print. Then
> was presented the same problem of .chk file fragments and not being able
> to replace them.
>
> Step 4: Using the laptop as my test bed, I removed everything gnucash
> from the hard drive. Search the C drive for any thing left and removed
> it as the administrator. Then did a search for .chk and found 4 files
> buried on the C drive - all fragments. I could delete them but they
> would come right back as soon as I restarted the computer.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated - I am getting tired of hand
> writing all of my checks.
>
> I am running Windows 10 on all of my computers and they are all
> completely up to date.
>
> Thanks,
>
> HB
>
>
>
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[GNC] Can no longer print checks

[HB Sidman via gnucash-user]

Hi,

After using gnucash for several years I decided it was time to upgrade 
from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If it is not broken don't 
fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no problem. Every function worked 
both old and new. Until I tried to print a check. At which point nothing 
happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3 minutes I got a warning 
message that my check file was a fragment. I went into the system to 
verify that and found that all the .chk files were fragments. I tried to 
reload new files but they kept being replaced by the fragments.


Step 2: I went back gnucash 2 last stable version on line. It reloaded 
without a problem but still could not print checks. Same problem.


Step 3: Loaded gnucash 2 on a laptop that had never had it on it before. 
Then took a saved file from 3 months before the problem happened and 
loaded it. Once again everything went fine until I tried to print. Then 
was presented the same problem of .chk file fragments and not being able 
to replace them.


Step 4: Using the laptop as my test bed, I removed everything gnucash 
from the hard drive. Search the C drive for any thing left and removed 
it as the administrator. Then did a search for .chk and found 4 files 
buried on the C drive - all fragments. I could delete them but they 
would come right back as soon as I restarted the computer.


Any help would be greatly appreciated - I am getting tired of hand 
writing all of my checks.


I am running Windows 10 on all of my computers and they are all 
completely up to date.


Thanks,

HB



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