Check Printing Set-Up

LindaH · November 2020

I have 2 different Quicken files and hoped to have a unique check printing set-up for each file. It appears that Quicken saves the latest check printing set-up and applies it to both files. I'm using two different printers that have very different set-up requirements and it is tedious to re-enter the specs multiple times a day. Have I overlooked any internal settings options? Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

Rocket J Squirrel · November 2020

As you've discovered, Quicken has one global set of printer settings which apply to every data file. Those settings live in %APPDATA%\Quicken\config\WPR.DAT.

You could have 2 versions of WPR.DAT and switch between them as needed. If you are adept at command line script writing, you could write a batch file which swapped WPR.DAT and opened Quicken to the appropriate QDF file.

You are not the first person who has complained about this.

Rocket J Squirrel · November 2020

As you've discovered, Quicken has one global set of printer settings which apply to every data file. Those settings live in %APPDATA%\Quicken\config\WPR.DAT.

You could have 2 versions of WPR.DAT and switch between them as needed. If you are adept at command line script writing, you could write a batch file which swapped WPR.DAT and opened Quicken to the appropriate QDF file.

You are not the first person who has complained about this.

Rocket J Squirrel · November 2020

Let me add an additional suggestion. You could use 2 different Windows user accounts. Because %APPDATA% is not global to the entire system, but rather a per-user system folder, you might just find it easier to login to a different user account when you switch from one business to another.

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