Back

If your email is not recognized and you believe it should be, please contact us.

  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.Login

Print Bank Checks from InDesign

Return to Member Forum

  • Author
    Posts
    • November 2, 2013 at 12:09 am #66075
      Kirk Dickinson
      Member

      I have wasted hours with crappy check printing software. I used to have an old version of VersaCheck from the 90’s that worked really good, but didn’t work on any computer newer than XP. The new VersaCheck wants to “Help” me too much, and has layers and layers of extra security that I don’t want and makes me either always buy checks and toner from VersaCheck or pay a fee for using other manufacturers supplies. Nope, not doing that. I have tried several others but they either fall into the too much or so simple that I have ugly checks.

      I have been doing backgrounds logos and watermarks from InDesign on blank white check paper, then running it with the other software for the MICR line.

      Got to thinking about it tonight after wasting 3 hours with another crappy trial software… “Why not use Data Merge and print the entire thing from InDesign?”

      Any thoughts?

    • November 6, 2013 at 2:06 pm #66111
      Alex Rollo
      Participant

      When you say you want to print checks, is this checks which are connected with your accounting software or are you going to be manually entering each amount / recipient etc. individually?

      Just asking because a lot of accounts packages have a section for doing this – I know mine has, I use two accounting programs MYOB & Moneydance and they both offer the facility to print either blank checks onto pre-formatted paper or they can accept a PDF background and print the whole thing either singly or in sheet form.

    • November 6, 2013 at 3:41 pm #66113
      Kirk Dickinson
      Member

      Just for hand filled out checks. We have several different companies and we like to use several different custom backgrounds and have been printing our own checks for at least a decade. I just very much dislike all the new software I have looked at. There is no great secret to the check format. I keep thinking about doing it in ID.

      Kirk

    • June 3, 2014 at 6:24 am #68777
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      This article might also help: https://creativepro.com/making-a-fillable-1099-misc-pdf-for-printing.php

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 3 reply threads
  • The forum ‘General InDesign Topics (CLOSED)’ is closed to new topics and replies.
Forum Ads