Bank Checks & Deposit Slips

Ask your bank that'd be the easy way to find out.



"Carrie" wrote in message
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| "Ed Bennett" wrote in message
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| Rob Giordano (Crash) was very
| recently heard to utter:
| I thought micr needed special ink too, or has that changed over the
| years?
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| The special ink is still used, as some banks still use the magnetic
| recognition. Most use optical recognition now, though, so the magnetic
| ink
| isn't necessary.
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| That's nice to know. How would one find out about this, just print
| checks and use them and see what happens? I've heard that banks now scan
a
| check and send it electronically (the image) to the bank it comes from the
| clear it, and store the paper check.
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| This probably would mean it didn't need the magnetic ink. Of course the
| places that sell checks probably don't want people to know this and print
| their own.
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| Seems like it would be simple to scan a blank check, and print
| duplicate images of it on paper, changing the check number on each one (on
| upper right corner and along the bottom) and cut it with a paper cutter?
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| Does that sound doable?
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| Actually, it could be tried first with a deposit slip. The generic
ones
| from the bank (not from a person's book of checks) has a space to write in
| the account number, so it's not printed along the botton in magnetic ink
or
| not.
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| Interesting topic. Not just to save money buying checks, but I always
| prefer to do things myself if possible (LOL)
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| ~ Carrie
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| Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
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Welp, I ran out of room on a deposit slip a few weeks ago and just handed
the deposit summary from Quick Books to the teller along with the deposit
slip...so maybe there's nothing too special about deposit slips as long as
it has all the bank numbers on it.


"Carrie" wrote in message
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| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote in message
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| I thought micr needed special ink too, or has that changed over the
years?
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| I asked about printing checks elsewhere and someone said there's a
| software program (to buy) for doing this. Banks prefer magnet ink
(special,
| you can buy and use with some printers) but most will accept regular. They
| have to put the numbers in by hand. Someone said some banks charge a $2
fee
| for this (so I gave up the idea)
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| It would be nice to be able to print my own checks and deposit slips.
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| ~ Carrie
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| "Mary Sauer" wrote in message
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| | Bank fonts?
| | MICR Encoding Fonts for Bank Check Printing
| | http://www.micrencodingfonts.com/
| | You can setup your printer to print checks, the bank doesn't care what
| font you use
| | in the personal lines.
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| | Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
| | http://office.microsoft.com/
| | http://msauer.mvps.org/
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| | "George S." v wrote in message
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| | It is possible to print bank checks and deposit slips using
Publisher
| 2003? If so,
| | Where can I download the bank fonts? Thanks.
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