If you have a page-oriented printer, you can assume that you should insert checks (Cheques in Canada) in the paper tray or envelope feeder the same way that you would insert standard letterhead paper.
If you have a continuous-feed printer, insert the checks as you would any continuous-feed printer paper. Position the checks horizontally in the position you normally use for printing on 8.5-by-11-inch paper. You probably won't need to change the position of the paper clamps. Position the checks vertically according to your printer type.
Set up an ink jet or laser printer
- Choose File menu > Printer Setup > For Printing Checks.
- From the Printer list, select your printer.
- Choose Page-oriented.
- Choose the check style you're using.
- Choose a full page source, and if necessary, a partial page printing style and a partial page source.
- Click OK.
- Be sure the printer is turned on, is online, and is loaded with blank paper or a sample check.
- Click Align.
Set up an impact or dot-matrix printer
- Choose File menu > Printer Setup > For Printing Checks.
- From the Printer list, select your printer.
- Select Continuous.
- Choose the check style you're using.
- If your printer skips checks or prints nothing, select Bypass the driver.
- If the date or your logo gets cut off, clear the Use low starting position check box.
- Click OK.
- Be sure the printer is turned on, is online, and is loaded with blank paper or a sample check.
- Click Align.
- Depending on your printer, you will be asked to adjust the coarse or fine alignment.
Notes
Check 21 is a federal law enacted in 2004 to help banks handle more checks electronically. Because check scanners may reject checks that use an incompatible font style or size in the numeric dollar amount field, you can print only checks from Quicken that use Arial (font), Regular (font style), 10 pt (font size) in this field. The font style and size of all other typed fields don't interfere with the Check 21 restrictions, so you again have the flexibility to change this information in Quicken.
Tell me more about Check 21
The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (better known as Check 21) was established in 2004 to modernize the U.S. payments system by streamlining the way your checks are processed. The main objective of Check 21 is to speed up check-clearing time and eliminate the costs and risks of physically transporting checks. Check 21 allows financial institutions to create and present a substitute check for payment in place of the original check. This new substitute check is an electronic copy of the front and back of your original check, can be easily printed for you at any time, and provides the legal equivalent of your original check.
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Quicken doesn't guarantee, however, that Traditional wallet checks purchased after August 1, 2005 are Check 21 compatible.
How do I know whether I'm using Traditional or Check 21 compliant wallet checks?
By selecting the correct wallet check type before printing your checks, you'll avoid wasting checks because of alignment and reprint issues.
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