Of every layout in ChequeMaster, ADCB's Islamic banking cheque is the biggest: 221 x 115 mm. For comparison, the conventional ADCB cheque is 197 x 99, and Dubai Islamic Bank's is 162 x 73. Same country, same bank group in the first case, and 24 mm of difference in width.
The practical upshot: if you hold accounts in both ADCB conventional and ADCB Islamic, you need two cheque books in ChequeMaster with two different layouts. Reusing one for the other cannot work — the paper is a different size.
Size and field layout
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Size | 221 x 115 mm |
| Date | Single continuous field |
| Amount in words | Two lines |
| Payee | One line |
| A/C payee crossing | Vertical block, enabled |
| Date format | DD/MM/YYYY |
A larger cheque needs more care in the tray
221 x 115 mm is closer to half an A4 sheet than to the small cheques used elsewhere in the Gulf, and that changes how it behaves in a printer. Two things worth checking on your first run:
- Tray guides. A guide set for a 175 mm Qatari cheque will not hold this straight. Reset it before printing.
- Printable margins. Some printers cannot print right to the edge of a sheet this size. If a field near an edge clips, that is a printer limit, not a layout error — move the field in slightly rather than fighting it.
Currency and wording
Dirhams, two decimal places, millions rather than lakhs. Islamic banking changes the products behind the account, not how an amount is written on a cheque — the printing setup is the same as for any AED cheque.
Other Islamic banking cheques ChequeMaster supports: Dubai Islamic Bank, Emirates Islamic, Al Rajhi, Alinma, Kuwait Finance House, Boubyan, Ithmaar and Al Salam.
