Steps to mail a check to a customer using Check Pay
Check Pay is a way to automatically send payments by check through the Quicken application. Unlike our check printing feature, this service sends the actual payment. You select the account to make the payment from and the payee. Quicken sends the check using our service, Check Pay. Through our tool, you can set your payment account, add a payee, confirm the address, send a payment, and verify that the payment has been sent.
To make a payment using Check Pay, you need the following information:
- Amount: Quicken will display the default amount that was entered when you created the reminder. You can change the amount as needed.
- Mail Date: Quicken allows you to either send a check immediately or to schedule that check to be sent later. The mail date will default to today’s date. If you want to send your check immediately, leave the date set to the default. If you want to schedule a payment, pick a future date on which you want the check to be sent. When you set your date, you will get an estimated delivery date range. This range accounts for factors such as weekends and delivery distances.
- Pay From: By default, Quicken will use the account that you chose while setting up the reminder. You can choose any other Check Pay-enabled account as well.
- Category, Tag, and Note fields: Enter this optional information to create better reports on your payments and transactions.
- Note: When using Check Pay, you can schedule more than one check for the same Payee.
Once you have filled in all the information, you will be prompted to either Pay or Schedule. If the Pay button appears, that means the check will be sent within one business day. If the Schedule button appears, it means that the check will be sent within one business day of the scheduled date. Keep in mind that the date a check is sent is not the date it is scheduled to arrive. The system will provide an estimated delivery window when you create the payment.
If you choose to Schedule a payment, that payment will appear immediately in your register marked as Scheduled. The status will change to Sent once the bill is verified as having been paid or Failed if the bill could not be paid. You can also see your scheduled payments in Calendar view.
Mail a Check with Check Pay
To access the Mail a Check with Check Pay screen directly go to Bill Pay menu → Pay with Check Pay. 
To send the payment:
- On the Mail a Check with Check Pay screen, complete the payment process by entering in the following information:
- Pay To: Who you are sending a check to.
- Address: How you want to designate this payee.
- Amount: This is the amount to be paid to the check recipient.
- Date: You can choose to use either a send by or arrive by date. It is good to set your Arrive by date early, in case there is an issue with the USPS.
- Pay From: Which spending account you are going to use. It must be Check Pay enabled. By default, Quicken will use the account that you enabled for Check Pay. If you have more than one account, you can choose another Check Pay-enabled account.
- Category: The spending category you wish to designate.
- You can optionally enter information for the Tag, Memo, and Action fields. Adding this information will improve Quicken reports about your payments and transactions.
- Click Review.
- Review the payment information on the screen to ensure the Payee, the Address, the Amount, and the Pay from account are correct.
- Once you have verified the payment information, select Submit.