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Old May 5th, 2007, 11:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Carrie
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Default is there a way to print a check register book?


"Mary Sauer" wrote in message
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I use to print my checks, but I used the checks supplied by the bank. I
don't know about your bank, but if you have other accounts with the bank,
checking is free. Call your bank and ask them if they need the magnetic
numbers. I believe it has to do with the routing.


I have free checking (I'm 63 and can be a Senior Citizen now (LOL) but
I buy the actual checks online. Something like $9- for a box of 250. They
have deals that are less but first time customers only. Our bank gives free
checks with new accounts, and maybe free checks with the accounts you have
to pay a monthly fee for. I don't use checks much, I use the debit card now.
But, I like the idea of making my own checks, putting pastel backgrounds on.

I don't mean writing ON the checks (that are already printed) but
printing out like a sheet of checks and then writing on them as needed. I
think you need a special font to put the routing number, account number, etc
on. It used to require special magnetic ink but from what I've learned they
use optical readers now.

it's like refilling ink cartridges, I've done that and it's messy and
a bother. I now have a printer that can use generic/compaticable cartridges
so I just get those.

But, printing checks wasn't to save money or be cheap, but something
creative. Printing a check register book is because I have a hard time
getting them (which are given out free) at the bank. If i ever get a chance
to go to the bank (it's not usually open when I go out) I could probably ask
for a BUNCH of them at one time (LOL)



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"Carrie" wrote in message
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Mary do you print your own checks or know people who do?

I asked about this once (somewhere) and there's software one can get to
set it up (or use your template)

What I found out:
At one time banks required special magnetic ink for the coding on the
checks, but now have optical readers

I liked the idea of printing my own checks, even though they are pretty
inexpensive and easy to get from online. But- someone said the ink most
home injet printers use isn't too good, and if drops of water hit it (the
check) the ink would run.

I never tried this to test it.

As I just said I like doing as much as I can myself. Not just to save
money, or because it's easier (I live in a rural area and don't have a
car) but I just would rather do it.

Probably there are lots of things I could do myself, if I thought about
it more.

I make my own address labels now (and for family and friends) but
that's simple with Publisher.

~ Carrie


"Mary Sauer" wrote in message
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Carrie, I have a check template on my web site in a .wmf format. It is
something you could build upon. Right-click, save as...
http://msauer.mvps.org/graphics.htm

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"Carrie" wrote in message
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A template or something?

I have Publisher 2000 (also Word 2000)

I found in a search (online) a page with tutorials about money
management that offered a printable check register but it turned out to
be a full-size page (also a pdf version). I've tried to set the pages
smaller, thinking if I printed 4-6 smaller versions of it one page I
could cut them apart and put them together, but they only print one
(small) to a page.

This might not seem like a big deal, but I don't have a car and
getting something like this from my bank is a major project (I ask
people and they forget. I could probably call the bank and ask them to
mail me one) One comes with a box of checks when I order them but at
some point is filled up. I got the idea of printing it myself. Like
several pages, with checkbook size "pages" printed several times on it-
that could be cut apart and folder (maybe with a staple) to form a
check register book.

If I had a blank page from one, I could scan it, and possibly figure
out how to set it up on a page (my printer has two sided duplex
printing) so each page could be cut and folded to make several pages of
the register book.

I know, I can cut plain paper to size and fold it to make one, but I
enjoy a challenge- learning experience, and thought if I could find a
set up for this (with the lines, squares, spaces for check number,
amounts, etc) I'd like to know.

Thanks,
Carrie