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Pre-printed bill books: designer and alignment

Print on your own pre-printed bill book. Photograph a blank page, straighten it, start from a ready layout and place each field. Then align the print once per printer with a test print.

This guide is for RoboBill 0.2, coming November 2026. Today's release is 0.1.1.

Keys

Enter
Place the chosen field
↑↓←→
Move the box by 0.5 mm (one character on dot matrix)
Shift+↑↓←→
Move 5 times as far
Ctrl+↑↓←→
Change the size
Delete
Remove the box
F2
Save the layout

The keys shown are the default keys; Utilities > Keys in RoboBill can change them.

How to

Set up a bill book

  1. Open Utilities > Billing settings > My pre-printed paper.
  2. Name the book, choose the printer and paper.
  3. Take or choose a photo of a blank page and straighten it.
  4. Start from a layout, place the fields and press F2.

Align the print

  1. In Alignment choose the printer and press Test print on plain paper.
  2. Hold it over a blank form against the light.
  3. Press the arrows the way the print must move, test again, then Save alignment.

In RoboBill, press F1 on any screen to see its guide.