Set up check printing

You can print checks for payment transactions. This article describes how to select check printing stock, set up check printing, and print a test check.

After you enable and set up check printing, you can turn the option off at any time if required.

About check stock

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Set up your system for check printing

To make printing easier, we recommend you perform the following steps before setting up check printing:

  1. Install the latest version of Adobe Reader.
  2. Install the latest version of Google Chrome and use it as your browser.
  3. Verify that your browser's Zoom setting is set to 100% (so that text and images appear at their default size, not smaller or larger). In Google Chrome, this setting appears on the browser menu.
  4. Open a PDF document in your browser, click Print, and in the print dialog box, verify that your system does not add margins or use a "fit to page" setting. In the Google Chrome print dialog box:
    • Verify that the Fit to page check box is not selected.
    • Click More settings, and on the Margins list, verify that Default is selected.

Enter Check Printing Settings

Note:

Check printing is enabled by default.

To set up check printing:

  1. Go to Settings, Check Printing.
  2. Verify that the Enable Check Printing check box is selected. If you do not print checks, you can clear this option.
  3. Verify that Sage Check Paper is selected. (Other check templates will be included in future releases.)
  4. Click Save.

​Print and align a test check

After you set up check printing, print a test check with sample data to ensure that check stock will be aligned correctly in your printer.

When printing your first test check, use regular Letter size paper. A measurement grid prints that you can use to align check information before printing on check stock.

To print and align a test check:

  1. Set up check printing as described in the previous section.
  2. On the Check Printing Settings page, click Print Setup.
  3. On the Check Printing Setup dialog box, click Print Test Check 1 to print a test check with a measurement grid that you can use to align check information.
  4. Place the printed test check on top of a sheet of check stock and hold them up to a light source to see if the printed numbers line up with the check stock.
    • If the printed numbers line up with the check stock:
      1. Select Yes - the numbers are in the right place.
      2. Click Continue.
      3. Click All Done!
    • If the printed numbers do not line up with the check stock:
      1. Select No - I need to adjust where the numbers are printed.
      2. Click Continue.
      3. Count the number of grid squares the printed numbers need to move up, down, left, or right, and enter your adjustments in the dialog box that appears.
      4. Click Continue.
      5. Click Print Test Check again, and then repeat this entire step until the printed numbers line up with the check stock.
      6. Click Continue.
      7. Click All Done!

Your check alignment settings are saved and you are ready to print checks.