Background: Laser Check Print

Use the Check Print (NCP) program to print ISO and Check 21-complant checks on blank check stock. See Check Printing Setup and Road Map for more information.

If a check pays more than invoices than can fit on one stub, the word VOID and the check number print multiple times on the check portion of the page.

For each invoice paid, this information is listed:

  • Vendor name or alternate remit-to name

  • Vendor number

  • Your account number with this vendor from the Vendor acct no field in the vendor's record in the Vendor Maintenance (VM) program

  • Invoice number and reference

  • Invoice date

  • Invoice amount

  • Balance due

  • Discount amount

  • Payment amount: Balance due - Discount amount

  • Tax withheld for a 1099 or GST vendor

  • Check number unless you selected the Preprinted checks? field

  • Check date

  • Total invoice amount

  • Total amount due

  • Total discount taken

  • Total payment amount: Payment amounts - Tax withheld - Credit memos

What prints on the check depends on your settings in Payment Method Batch Maintenance; it may include:

  • Check logo or the name and address of your branch

  • Fractional ABA number

  • Financial institution name, address, and URL

  • The check number unless you indicated pre-numbered checks

  • The date if you selected Print check text?

  • The date with month (MM), day (DD), and year (YYYY) indicators on the line below

  • Void after nn days if you entered a number of days in the Check void after field in the Payment Method Batch Maintenance (TAPMB) program

  • Pay and Amount if you selected the Print check text? field in the Payment Method Batch Maintenance (TAPMB) program

  • Dollar sign followed by the payment amount in numbers

  • The payment amount in words if 90 characters or fewer; for example, Seven Million Five Hundred Forty Two Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Two and 77/100 Dollars prints in words

    The amount prints in numbers if more than 90 characters; for example, 7477338.77 prints in numbers because Seven Million Four Hundred Seventy Seven Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Eight and 77/100 Dollars exceeds the 90 character Check 21 space allowance.

  • To the order of if you selected the Print check text? field

  • Vendor's name and address or alternate remit-to name, address, and attention line

  • Signature line unless you selected Exclude pimary sign line?

  • A second signature line if you selected Second signature required? and the amount of the check is greater than your Limit for one signature; the text Two signatures are required on this check prints below the line

  • The transit/routing number

  • The account number if you entered one in the On-Us/Account no field