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Recommended printer settings for reports and payslips

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Summary

This article covers the recommended printer settings for reports and payslips when using Sage Payroll.

Description

If you're printing directly on to stationery, you should check that you're using the recommended printer settings in Sage Payroll.

To edit the printer settings for a specific report:

  1. On the menu bar, click Reports then click Payroll Reports.
  2. Select the relevant report, then click Setup.
  3. Make the necessary changes, then click OK.

Tip: If your payslips print slightly outside of the boxes, you can easily move your margins up, down, left or right so it fits. If your first payslip prints perfectly on the stationery but further payslips are printing too high or too low, you may need to adjust the paper size.

Resolution

The following sections contain the recommended settings for printing your reports, payslips and P60s in Sage Payroll.

You are no longer required to print P60s as of 1 January 2019.

Laser or inkjet printers
Printer settingsAll plain paper reportsPayslipsP60's
OrientationPortraitPortraitPortrait
Paper SizeA4A4A4
Paper SourceAccept DefaultAccept DefaultAccept Default
Margins From Left000
Margins From Top000
UnitsInchesInchesInches
Output OptionsHigh Quality or Draft QualityHigh Quality or Draft QualityHigh Quality or Draft Quality
FontCourier NewCourier NewCourier New
Font StyleRegularRegularRegular
Size8, 9 or 108, 9 or 108, 9 or 10
ScriptWesternWesternWestern

Tip: Paper orientation and font size directly affect the amount of text that fits onto a page. If you're printing a wide report, you should set the orientation to landscape or reduce the font size.

 
Narrow carriage dot matrix printers
Printer settingsAll plain paper reportsPayslipsP60's
OrientationPortraitPortraitPortrait
Paper SizeFanfoldLetterA4
Paper SourceAccept DefaultAccept DefaultAccept Default
Margins From Left000
Margins From Top000
UnitsInchesInchesInches
Output OptionsHigh Quality or Draft QualityDirect Print QualityDirect Print Quality
FontCourier NewCourier NewCourier New
Font StyleRegularRegularRegular
Size8, 9 or 108, 9 or 108, 9 or 10
ScriptWesternWesternWestern

Tip: Paper orientation and font size directly affect the amount of text that fits onto a page. If you're printing a wide report, you should set the orientation to landscape or reduce the font size.

 
Wide carriage dot matrix printers - Using narrow printing paper
Printer settingsAll plain paper reportsPayslipsP60's
OrientationPortraitPortraitPortrait
Paper SizeFanfoldLetterA4
Paper SourceAccept DefaultAccept DefaultAccept Default
Margins From Left000
Margins From Top000
UnitsInchesInchesInches
Output OptionsHigh Quality or Draft QualityDirect Print QualityDirect Print Quality
FontCourier NewCourier NewCourier New
Font StyleRegularRegularRegular
Size8, 9 or 108, 9 or 108, 9 or 10
ScriptWesternWesternWestern

Tip: Paper orientation and font size directly affect the amount of text that fits onto a page. If you're printing a wide report, you should set the orientation to landscape or reduce the font size.

 
Wide carriage dot matrix printers - Using wide printing paper
Printer settingsAll plain paper reportsPayslipsP60's
OrientationPortraitPortraitPortrait
Paper SizeUS Standard FanfoldLetterA4
Paper SourceAccept DefaultAccept DefaultAccept Default
Margins From Left000
Margins From Top000
UnitsInchesInchesInches
Output OptionsHigh Quality or Draft QualityDirect Print QualityDirect Print Quality
FontCourier NewCourier NewCourier New
Font StyleRegularRegularRegular
Size8, 9 or 108, 9 or 108, 9 or 10
ScriptWesternWesternWestern

Tip: Paper orientation and font size directly affect the amount of text that fits onto a page. If you're printing a wide report, you should set the orientation to landscape or reduce the font size.