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Setting up Mandatory
Check Printing

Overview
This document explains how to setup mandatory printing requiring a check to be printed prior to posting
the payment to the bank. The Post option on a payment will be grayed out and not be available until the
check is printed.

Setup
First, the following setup is required in order to allow mandatory printing.

Payment Type
The report(s) available from a payment transactions Print option are driven by the Report code assigned
to the payment type. Using the NASTD menu the Payment Type function is located under
Administration > Parameters and Setup > A/P A/R Accting Setup > Payment Types, the report
code can be found.

The Mandatory Printing option can be checked to ensure the payment using payment type PAYCH in
this example is printed prior to bank posting.
If you do not have the ability to check Mandatory Printing, please continue with the setup below.

Report Code
Click on report code from the payment type and drill into the specific report code attached to the payment.
You will be taken to Miscellaneous Table 304. The printing code will then point to a Process. In order to
allow Mandatory Printing, the Process must be set to CHE.

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Once this is done, when you go back to the payment, youll be able to check Mandatory Printing. Save
the payment type.

Report Internal Code Definition

The Process from the Printing Code also drives whether the check and check stub report show when you
go to Payment Entry. The Process must have an associated Report Internal code setup as follows. Using
the NASTD menu the Reports function is located at Developers Toolkit > Reports > Reports.

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The internal code allows the reports to show in Payment Entry as seen below.

Report Dictionary
To ensure the report actually prints with the above changes, ensure the report dictionary has the
matching CHE process defined. Using the NASTD menu the Report dictionary function is located under
Developers Toolkit > Reports > Report Dictionary. Type in Checks and ensure parameter codedt is
setup to point to CHE.

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