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 <dk...@aol.com 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 <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 <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 <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 < >>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --- >>>>>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >>>>>> https://www.avg.com >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>>>>> ----- >>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> >>>> Virus-free. >>>> www.avg.com >>>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> >>>> <#m_-3747491110053056579_m_2206576272584977861_m_6508419021439144484_m_4678607898178306527_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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