diff --git a/src/gnome/dialog-print-check.c b/src/gnome/dialog-print-check.c
index 9974abae40..3d1e6a3d7d 100644
--- a/src/gnome/dialog-print-check.c
+++ b/src/gnome/dialog-print-check.c
@@ -1363,7 +1363,8 @@ draw_text(GncPrintContext * context, const gchar * text, check_item_t * data,
     }
     pango_layout_set_alignment(layout,
                                data->w ? data->align : PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT);
-    pango_layout_set_width(layout, -1);
+    pango_layout_set_width(layout, data->w ? data->w * PANGO_SCALE : -1);
+    pango_layout_set_ellipsize(layout, PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_END);
     if (gnc_gconf_get_bool(GCONF_SECTION, KEY_BLOCKING_CHARS, NULL)) {
         new_text = g_strdup_printf("***%s***", text);
         pango_layout_set_text(layout, new_text, -1);