Hi Lilian:
We encountered a problem this week with a cheque date. Your situation appears a little different but I'll describe the problem and the solution to see if it helps.
Our client was using the CPA-compliant cheque layout provided with Adagio. The date was in the correct place for the first cheque but would start to move left with each subsequent cheque. Nothing else moved. They could only print about 20 at a time. We were able to duplicate the symptom in our offices.
The solution was that we edited the cheque layout, deleted the existing date field(s) and inserted a new date field. We then formatted it to have the correct CPA format. This corrected the problem and the date now prints correctly.