Pressing the 'F6' key or selecting Payment|Cheque with the mouse, during a sale activates the cheque dialog. There is a minimum allowed transaction value of £5 by default, or to the value set in the settings screen.

The dialog lays out all the information needed to complete a cheque by hand, but a button is provided to print the cheque with the default report printer. Cheques are inserted into the printer top first, sideways, into the pass though paper path of the printer. Experiment with an A4 sheet first, before trying this with a customer's cheque.
Clicking cancel or pressing the Escape key will cancel the dialog without completing the sale. Pressing the 'OK' button will complete the sale. All cheques are saved in the sales database for checking off at the close of business, via the Cashing up screen.
Cheque payment is not acceptable for Paypoint or other agency payments if these form a part of the sale. This restriction, and the minimum transaction value, can always be overridden by pressing the shift key while selecting the cheque payment option with a mouse. This option does not apply with the F6 key.
A cheque payment option is also available from the paid out screen. This is just a convenience, so that the cheque printing facility can be used to write cheques to suppliers. In this case, no record is maintained.

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