How to Customize Check Printing in QuickBooks

Printing your checks with Quckbooks looks professional and saves time.

One of Quickbooks' features is the ability to print checks on your printer. With vendor or employee addresses right on the check, you can sign it and place it in a windowed envelope, cutting down on the time it takes to write the check and address the envelope. You have some options in Quickbooks that allow you to customize the types of checks you print. Intuit sells printable checks, but you also may be able to purchase them elsewhere.

Instructions

1. Click the "File" menu, hover over "Print Forms" and click "Checks."

2. Click the check marks next to the vendors for which you do not yet want to print checks. By default the "Select All" option is selected. If you only want to print a few checks, push the "Select None" button and click the vendors you want to pay right now.

3. Select the bank account you want to use from the drop-down list and enter the first check number you want to use in the field labeled, "First check number." Press the "OK" button.

4. Choose the printer from the drop-down menu labeled "Printer name" on the "Print Checks" window. Click the check type in your printer; your options are Voucher, Standard and Wallet. Put check marks in the boxes with options you want to use: "Collate," "Print (your)company name and address" and "Use (your) logo." Only print your company name and address or use your company logo if these are not already on the checks. The type of check you use and the options you use are your customization options for check printing. Push the "Print" button.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also print checks one-by-one, from the Banking menu. Click "Write Checks." Fill in the appropriate information for the Payee, amount, date and check number. Click the bank account you want to use from the drop-down list and press the "Save and print" button. This brings up the "Print Checks" window in Step 4.

• Though you do not have to buy your printable checks from Intuit, always buy checks that are guaranteed to work with Quickbooks. Banks may charge additional fees for processing checks that do not conform to a certain standard. Buying checks guaranteed to work with Quickbooks helps you avoid that problem.

References

• Intui Quickbooks Support: How to Print Checks in Quickbooks
• Quickbooks Support: Determining Check Type for Wallet Checks
• Intuit Community Library: Checks 101: Quick Tips on Printing Checks