Printing Checks

Moneyspire allows you to print checks directly from your computer, making bill paying a breeze. You will need pre-printed checks which you usually obtain from your bank. Moneyspire will print the data, amount, payee and memo on your checks. The use the check printing feature, you will first need to make which transactions you wish to print as checks; To do this, you select the Print Check option in the Number field when adding a transaction. Then select the File->Print Checks menu option, which will print out the checks, and then automatically insert the paper check's number into the Number field of the transaction. Here are the available options:

Account

The account you want to print the checks from.

Print all checks

Select this option to print all of the checks in the account.

Print selected checks

Select this option to choose which checks to print.

Print payee addresses

Prints the payee's address on the check (if available). You can specify the payee's address from the Payees screen.

First check number

This is the number of the first check in your printer. This number will be automatically incremented for every check printed, and will be inserted into the printed transaction's Number field.

Checks on first page

This is the number of checks printed per page. Usually this will be one, unless you have a sheet of checks, in which case you can choose either 2 or 3 checks per page.

Vouchers below check

This is the number of vouchers to print below a check.

Check Type

This is the type of check in the printer. You can choose either Standard (which is your typical business check or printer check stock) or Wallet which is the standard personal checks usually provided by your bank. Note that you can customize the check printing options by clicking the Calibrate button, so technically you can print on any kind of check.

Page Orientation

This is the position that the check will be printed in (i.e. Portrait or Landscape), depending on the way you position the check paper in your printer.

*It is highly recommended that you print a test check on regular paper before printing your actual checks. For example, you may need to adjust the positions of the various items on the check, or you may need to adjust the page orientation of the printed check. This will allow you to see how the check will come out, and will allow you to make any necessary adjustments. To do this, click the "Calibrate" button and then click the "Print Test" button.

Customizing check printing options

You can customize the check printing options to match your specific check paper by clicking the Calibrate button. Here are the available options:

Date Horizontal / Date Vertical

These are the horizontal and vertical positions for printing the date on the check paper.

Payee Horizontal / Payee Vertical

These are the horizontal and vertical positions for printing the payee on the check paper.

Memo Horizontal / Memo Vertical

These are the horizontal and vertical positions for printing the memo on the check paper.

Amount Horizontal / Amount Vertical

These are the horizontal and vertical positions for printing the amount on the check paper.

Amount Text Horizontal / Amount Text Vertical

These are the horizontal and vertical positions for printing the amount text on the check paper.

Payee Address Horizontal / Payee Address Vertical

These are the horizontal and vertical positions for printing the payee's address on the check paper.

Bottom Margin

This is the bottom margin of the check. This is used when you are printing multiple checks on one paper.