Printing Checks

Hello,

I recently started printing my own checks using Checkmagic software driven by Quicken, on check paper from asapchecks.com.

I bank at Wells Fargo, and one of my favorite things about Wells is the online banking. Click the website, get my balance, all the cleared checks etc. And a neat new feature is the "view", where you can see a picture of your check on the browser, and print it to the printer. No more asking the bank for a copy when a vendor says I didn't pay!

When I first started printing checks, I used the large voucher checks. They look professional, and there's plenty of space for memos

- account numbers, invoice numbers etc. That lasted until I got the first web listing with the new checks:

02/22/06 CHECK $80.00

No, there wasn't even a check number! And yes, I did make out more than one check for $80 this month. Grrr! I reasoned that the large checks just didn't fit in their reading equipment, and somebody had to type in the amount - and they typed nothing else.

So I went to the wallet sized check stock. Somewhat better, the online lines look like this:

02/22/06 CHECK #1234 View $80.00

Having the check# of course, makes a big difference.

However, when I click the "View" link, it comes back ( after a delay of a few seconds ) with

"The system is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."

If OTOH I go back to one of the preprinted checks, it works normally. So the system is not really "temporarily unavailable", it's just not working for my home-printed checks.

Now, I know I could buy preprinted checks, ready to have just the amount,date,payee printed on by Quicken. The two problems with that are 1. They're expensive 2. There's a synchronization problem. I have to make sure that when I print check #1234 from Quicken, that #1234 and no other, is loaded into the printer. All sorts of hassles with that.

Anybody doing similar? Got any hints to make it work better? Different bank? Magnetic toner? Thanks in advance,

- Jerry Kaidor

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Hello,

I recently started printing my own checks using Checkmagic software driven by Quicken, on check paper from asapchecks.com.

I bank at Wells Fargo, and one of my favorite things about Wells is the online banking. Click the website, get my balance, all the cleared checks etc. And a neat new feature is the "view", where you can see a picture of your check on the browser, and print it to the printer. No more asking the bank for a copy when a vendor says I didn't pay!

When I first started printing checks, I used the large voucher checks. They look professional, and there's plenty of space for memos

- account numbers, invoice numbers etc. That lasted until I got the first web listing with the new checks:

02/22/06 CHECK $80.00

No, there wasn't even a check number! And yes, I did make out more than one check for $80 this month. Grrr! I reasoned that the large checks just didn't fit in their reading equipment, and somebody had to type in the amount - and they typed nothing else.

So I went to the wallet sized check stock. Somewhat better, the online lines look like this:

02/22/06 CHECK #1234 View $80.00

Having the check# of course, makes a big difference.

However, when I click the "View" link, it comes back ( after a delay of a few seconds ) with

"The system is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."

If OTOH I go back to one of the preprinted checks, it works normally. So the system is not really "temporarily unavailable", it's just not working for my home-printed checks.

Now, I know I could buy preprinted checks, ready to have just the amount,date,payee printed on by Quicken. The two problems with that are 1. They're expensive 2. There's a synchronization problem. I have to make sure that when I print check #1234 from Quicken, that #1234 and no other, is loaded into the printer. All sorts of hassles with that.

Anybody doing similar? Got any hints to make it work better? Different bank? Magnetic toner? Thanks in advance,

- Jerry Kaidor

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jerry

Call Wells Fargo and ask what's the problem.

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