Re: Printing Checks
one other thing, one of the check writing requirements was spellout for the amount on the check. icuj4's RuleBasedNumberFormat class did a fine job w/that bit (it needed to be written out in thai & on very rare occasions, english). ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276238 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
RE: Printing Checks
Mike thanks for your insight. I will check on this and make sure my bank isnt balking at our checks. ~Terry -Original Message- From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:12 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Printing Checks I woudl strongly urge you to go to you bank's it department and ask them to get you a Glarden gauge. it is a plastic overlay that shows you the tolerances for the MICR line If you dont get the MICR line in the right place. - to 100th of an inch the bank will sooner or later start charging you for re-encoding the checks on the back few checks they wont charge you extra. but if they start finding that every one of your checks has to be re-encoded they will charge ytou. last time i saw this in the US banking system, the bank charged the client $15/check to encourage them to have the MICR line properly encoded in austrlia the banks simply refuse to process the checks unless they are pre-approved by the processing branch of hte bank. The GLarden gauge is what yo uuse to verify your MICR characters are in precisely th right place. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 4/26/07, Bader, Terrence C CTR MARMC, 231 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Jake, Thanks Paul, Thanks Mike... > > CFReport it is - I will check this out. > > > ~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276237 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Printing Checks
I woudl strongly urge you to go to you bank's it department and ask them to get you a Glarden gauge. it is a plastic overlay that shows you the tolerances for the MICR line If you dont get the MICR line in the right place. - to 100th of an inch the bank will sooner or later start charging you for re-encoding the checks on the back few checks they wont charge you extra. but if they start finding that every one of your checks has to be re-encoded they will charge ytou. last time i saw this in the US banking system, the bank charged the client $15/check to encourage them to have the MICR line properly encoded in austrlia the banks simply refuse to process the checks unless they are pre-approved by the processing branch of hte bank. The GLarden gauge is what yo uuse to verify your MICR characters are in precisely th right place. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 4/26/07, Bader, Terrence C CTR MARMC, 231 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Jake, Thanks Paul, Thanks Mike... > > CFReport it is - I will check this out. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Jake Pilgrim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:58 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Printing Checks > > One word - CFReport. Go get the CF Report Builder (I believe its still > free) and create a report which fits the format of your checks, then > just load and execute it with the CFreport tag. There is tons of > documentation out there for CFReport so I'm not going to go too far into > the details, but you'll probably find that this is what you are looking > for. You can render your reports as a PDF, which will probably address > your printing issue. > > Jake Pilgrim > > > > ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276232 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: Printing Checks
I would be very interested. Thanks! -Original Message- From: Peterson, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:32 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Printing Checks Terry, I print checks by making a 'blank' check template as a Tiff image. Then I use iText to write text to specific X / Y coordinates on my tiff blank, and spit em out to the printer as a .pdf file (again, using iText to change the tiff to a pdf) I also print invoices like this. You wouldn't *have* to start with a tiff template either, if all you want is text at specific locations on a page, start with a blank tiff image that is 8.5 X 11', or whatever size you need. Would you be interested in any of the code, I have a few CFC's I use to do it all. Chris Peterson -Original Message- From: Bader, Terrence C CTR MARMC, 231 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:00 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Printing Checks Anyone printing checks through a CF app?? I want to print checks for payments. I currently can do it but I created the print out using css/div and it really only works in a specific setup (IE7 on a specific machine with a specific printer). If I go print on a separate machine with a different browser setup or printer, I get fields that are off. I would like it to work no matter where they print to or from. So I am in search of a solution that involves something printing a Word Doc or PDF template that can print multiple pages of checks as necessary. And really it does not need to be specific to check printing but that would help. Just looking for resources that help define the process. Thoughts? Thanks ~Terry MARMC Fleet Scheduling Center Programming Support 757.443.3872 x2573 (Temporary) https://www.marmc.nmci.navy.mil/200/fsc/ ~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276224 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
RE: Printing Checks
Thanks Jake, Thanks Paul, Thanks Mike... CFReport it is - I will check this out. -Original Message- From: Jake Pilgrim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:58 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Printing Checks One word - CFReport. Go get the CF Report Builder (I believe its still free) and create a report which fits the format of your checks, then just load and execute it with the CFreport tag. There is tons of documentation out there for CFReport so I'm not going to go too far into the details, but you'll probably find that this is what you are looking for. You can render your reports as a PDF, which will probably address your printing issue. Jake Pilgrim ~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276223 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: Printing Checks
Terry, I print checks by making a 'blank' check template as a Tiff image. Then I use iText to write text to specific X / Y coordinates on my tiff blank, and spit em out to the printer as a .pdf file (again, using iText to change the tiff to a pdf) I also print invoices like this. You wouldn't *have* to start with a tiff template either, if all you want is text at specific locations on a page, start with a blank tiff image that is 8.5 X 11', or whatever size you need. Would you be interested in any of the code, I have a few CFC's I use to do it all. Chris Peterson -Original Message- From: Bader, Terrence C CTR MARMC, 231 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:00 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Printing Checks Anyone printing checks through a CF app?? I want to print checks for payments. I currently can do it but I created the print out using css/div and it really only works in a specific setup (IE7 on a specific machine with a specific printer). If I go print on a separate machine with a different browser setup or printer, I get fields that are off. I would like it to work no matter where they print to or from. So I am in search of a solution that involves something printing a Word Doc or PDF template that can print multiple pages of checks as necessary. And really it does not need to be specific to check printing but that would help. Just looking for resources that help define the process. Thoughts? Thanks ~Terry MARMC Fleet Scheduling Center Programming Support 757.443.3872 x2573 (Temporary) https://www.marmc.nmci.navy.mil/200/fsc/ ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276219 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Printing Checks
Bader, Terrence C CTR MARMC, 231 wrote: > Anyone printing checks through a CF app?? we have a municipality doing that. > I want to print checks for payments. I currently can do it but I > created the print out using css/div and it really only works in a that's how they used to do it but we re-wrote the check printing app to use cfreport. ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276215 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Printing Checks
One word - CFReport. Go get the CF Report Builder (I believe its still free) and create a report which fits the format of your checks, then just load and execute it with the CFreport tag. There is tons of documentation out there for CFReport so I'm not going to go too far into the details, but you'll probably find that this is what you are looking for. You can render your reports as a PDF, which will probably address your printing issue. Jake Pilgrim ~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276208 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: Printing Checks
I print the MICR line. Easy enough for that, the checks clear now without problem. My problem is portability so that checks print exactly the same from printer to printer without having to resetup the page. Insert paper on printer1 or 2 and print away. The only difference between a regular printer and a check printer really is the magnetic ink used to print the MICR line. My focus for this post is printing checks (or forms, or cards, etc) using Word, PDF or other templates so that it can be easily printed from any machine/printer - like you can do with certain cards, forms and all. Except that each check info is different including bank info. So on one page you will have Check 1, 2 and 3 with each having their own info. And that I can easily send data to the template via a CF request. I could do this with CSS/DIVs by creating a setup for each customer/location I support but I would prefer something more universally accepted. Thanks... ~Terry -Original Message- From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:20 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Printing Checks Which banking system are the checks for? the US banking system? do they have MICR lines on them ? If i recall, the US banks charge quite a lot of money if they have to encode the MICR line after the checks ahve been supplied to the customer. Australian and NZ banks wont do it it all. they supply the cheques already MICR encoded. MICR has very precise alignment tolerances, aligned to the right and bottom of the page, not the top left. TO produce a cheque suitable for processing through automatied MICR machines or OCR machines requires a great deal of precision that is usually only provided by a specially modified printer - the issue is the paper moveing through the printer. You cant' have any page twisting or moving horizontally in teh printer. the right edge of the cheque has to be wihtin a hundredth of an inch of its required place or the MICR readers get errors and the customer gets charges. If you want to know more i can point you at where i used to buy such printers modified HP printers. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month ~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276205 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Printing Checks
Which banking system are the checks for? the US banking system? do they have MICR lines on them ? If i recall, the US banks charge quite a lot of money if they have to encode the MICR line after the checks ahve been supplied to the customer. Australian and NZ banks wont do it it all. they supply the cheques already MICR encoded. MICR has very precise alignment tolerances, aligned to the right and bottom of the page, not the top left. TO produce a cheque suitable for processing through automatied MICR machines or OCR machines requires a great deal of precision that is usually only provided by a specially modified printer - the issue is the paper moveing through the printer. You cant' have any page twisting or moving horizontally in teh printer. the right edge of the cheque has to be wihtin a hundredth of an inch of its required place or the MICR readers get errors and the customer gets charges. If you want to know more i can point you at where i used to buy such printers modified HP printers. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 4/25/07, Bader, Terrence C CTR MARMC, 231 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone printing checks through a CF app?? > > I want to print checks for payments. I currently can do it but I > created the print out using css/div and it really only works in a > specific setup (IE7 on a specific machine with a specific printer). If > I go print on a separate machine with a different browser setup or > printer, I get fields that are off. I would like it to work no matter > where they print to or from. > > So I am in search of a solution that involves something printing a Word > Doc or PDF template that can print multiple pages of checks as > necessary. And really it does not need to be specific to check printing > but that would help. Just looking for resources that help define the > process. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks > > ~Terry > > MARMC Fleet Scheduling Center > Programming Support > 757.443.3872 x2573 (Temporary) > https://www.marmc.nmci.navy.mil/200/fsc/ > > > > ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276202 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
