| Printing your own checks for your small business can | | | | not contain your banking information, the chances that |
| save you money. You can lower your payroll costs | | | | your valuable information will be stolen are decreased. |
| overall and reduce your chances of being a check | | | | Changing banks is no longer the hassle it once was. |
| fraud victim with a few simple steps. Using today's | | | | Simply change the banking information in your |
| technology, a laser printer and a magnetic toner | | | | software, and the new information is printed directly on |
| cartridge, it's simple. | | | | the blank check stock. No more throwing away old |
| Magnetic Ink Character Recognition, or MICR for short | | | | checkbooks. |
| is the process and technology behind check printing | | | | Creating your own checks is a piece of cake. You |
| and processing. A MICR Toner contains particles of | | | | enter your banking information such as your routing |
| iron oxide, that when fused with your check paper, | | | | number and checking account number into the |
| allow banks and their check reading systems to quickly | | | | software. You can add company logos, slogans and |
| and accurately process your checks. A typical laser | | | | even your signature to your customized checks. Then, |
| toner cartridge does not contain enough of the iron | | | | making sure you have a MICR Toner loaded up in your |
| oxide particles, so it is important that you use MICR. | | | | printer, add the blank check stock and hit "print".if you |
| Magnetic toner is generally available for HP, Lexmark | | | | own a monochrome, or black only laser printer from |
| and Troy brand printers. | | | | HP or Lexmark, you may already have what you |
| Consider the benefits. You'll save money over the | | | | need to print your own checks. Most Lexmark, HP and |
| typical cost of pre-printed checks. You will no longer | | | | Troy printers have MICR toner cartridges available, so |
| have to pay for the high cost of checks from your | | | | all you'll need is some check printing software, a stack |
| local bank. There is a measure of security when | | | | of blank check stock and of course, the proper MICR |
| printing your own checks. Since the blank checks to | | | | toner cartridge. |