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If you have a page-oriented printer,
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insert checks
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in the paper tray or envelope feeder the same way
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you
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insert
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letterhead paper.
If you have a continuous-feed printer, insert the checks as you would
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continuous-feed printer paper. Position the checks horizontally in the
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same orientation you normally use for
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8.5-by-11-inch paper. You probably
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won’t need to
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adjust the
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paper clamps. Position the checks vertically
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based on your printer type.
Set up an ink jet inkjet or laser printer
- Choose Select File menu > Printer Setup > For Printing Checks.
- From the Printer list, select your printer.
- Choose Select Page-oriented.
- Choose Select the check style you're using.
- Choose Select a full-page source, and if necessary, select a partial-page printing style and a partial-page source.
- Click Select OK.
- Be Make sure the printer is turned on, is online, and is loaded with blank paper or a sample check.
- Click AlignIf asked to set alignment, follow the on-screen instructions.
Set up an impact or dot-matrix printer
- Choose Select File menu > Printer Setup > For Printing Checks.
- From the Printer list, select your printer.
- Select Continuous.
- Choose Select 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 is cut off, clear the Use low starting position check box.
- Click Select OK.
- Be Make 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.
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- If asked to set alignment, follow the on-screen instructions.
About Check 21
Check 21 is a federal law enacted in 2004 to help banks
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process checks electronically. Because check scanners may reject checks that use an incompatible font style or size in the numeric dollar amount field,
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Quicken requires that this field use Arial (font), Regular (font style), 10 pt (font size)
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. You can change the font style and size
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for all other typed fields
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.
What is Check 21?
The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (better known as Check 21) was established enacted in 2004 to modernize the U.S. payments payment system by streamlining the way your checks are processed. The main objective of Check 21 is to speed up check-clearing time and eliminate improving check processing. Check 21 speeds up check clearing and reduces the costs and risks of physically transporting checks. Check 21 The law allows financial institutions to create and present a substitute check for payment in place instead of the original check. This new A substitute check is an electronic copy of the front and back of your the original check, can be easily printed for you at any time, and provides the legal equivalent of your is legally equivalent to the original check.
What changed with Check 21
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?
- The time between writing a check and when it's cashed generally decreasesis shorter.
- Many financial institutions may no longer retain and return your original checks. However, they provide substitute checks are always available in printed format for you from your financial institution.
- Your financial institution may contact you about charge fees for checks that are not aren't Check 21 compatible.
- Text for the check The numeric dollar amount field is preset by Quicken to Arial 10-point font, and can't can’t be changed. (You still have the option to can use other fonts for all other text on your printed checkchecks.)
- Text fonts printed on your checks can't be in color.
- There are additional impacts for Check text must be printed in black; color fonts aren’t supported.
- Additional requirements apply to Check 21 wallet checks.
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Quicken check compatibility
Quicken checks are designed to be compatible with financial institutions in the U.S. Quicken ensures compliance with Check 21 regulations and updates checking products as needed.
Quicken doesn't guarantee, however, Note: Quicken does not guarantee that Traditional wallet checks purchased after August 1, 2005, are Check 21 compatible.
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Identify Traditional or Check 21
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-compatible wallet checks
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By selecting Selecting the correct wallet check type before printing your checks, you'll avoid wasting checks because of helps avoid alignment and reprint issues.
- Get out your checks and find Find the gray text between the stub and your the check.
- The text is printed vertically and includes a year, QUICKEN INC., a three-digit number, and a phone number. (For example, 2006 QUICKEN INC. #XXX 1–800–433–8810.)
- Examine Identify the three-digit number , beginning with a that follows the number sign (#). This number determines your wallet check type.:
- Intuit's Check 21 image-compatible wallet checks use any one of the following numbers: #808, #828, #848, #868, #888.
- Intuit's Traditional wallet checks use all any other numbersnumber.
If your checks weren’t purchased from Quicken, contact your check provider to
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confirm whether they are Check 21 image-compatible
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or Quicken-compatible Traditional wallet checks.
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The following terms will be different in the Canadian releases of Quicken.
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