How do I print checks?

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How do I print checks?
1. Watch a video
1. Before you get started
1. Printing checks
1. Printing, reprinting, and voiding checks
  1. Voiding a check using reset for reprint
  1. Voiding a check without reversing the invoice
  1. Voiding a check and reversing the invoice
1. Using Vendor Inquiry to look up checks

Watch a video

Learn how to print checks (assigning the check number, why a date shows up as the check issue date, and what to do when a check is jammed in the printer. Watch a video (8m28s)

Before you get started

Select invoices for payment. See the help topic titled How do I select invoices for payment?

Printing checks

1. Open Connect Accounts Payable > Invoices and Payments > Checks.

You can use the Checks Report or Print Checks listed under Tasks. Both links will launch the Checks Report.

Links to Print Checks and Checks

2. Select a check to reprint.

The only time there's a check showing in the Check Issue Dates field is when an invoice has been selected for payment It means there's at least one check that needs to be assigned to a check number.

Check Issue Dates

3. Enter the Beginning Check Number.

Connect will auto-increment the check number for each check that is waiting to print. It will only use the check numbers that have been used in Accounts Payable.

Beginning Check Number

4. Click Preview (CTRL+Q).

This step is optional. When you preview the check, you can review the check information before the checks print. You can verify amounts, payees, addresses, and so on.

What if my beginning check number is wrong? Close the Preview pane. When you print or preview a check, Connect marks the check as printed.

5. Click Print (CTRL+P).

If everything is correct, click the Print button on the Preview pane to send the checks to the printer.

The checks print.

Updated 18Jun2018

Printing, reprinting, and voiding checks

Click here to view additional instructions on printing, reprinting, and voiding checks.

Voiding a check using reset for reprint

Use this option to reprint a check that was destroyed during the print process.

Voiding a check without reversing the invoice

Use this option to print a new check without reversing the invoice when

A check has been lost in the mail and you need to print a new check.
A check was printed for an incorrect amount.
A check was printed with the wrong address.
A check needs to be reissued using the original invoice.

Voiding a check and reversing the invoice

Use this option to void a check and reverse the invoice when

A check was lost in the mail.
A check was created for the wrong vendor.
A vendor was already paid and a check isn't needed.
A vendor did not need to be paid.

Updated 18Jun2018

Using Vendor Inquiry to look up checks

See the help topic titled How do I look up a check for a vendor?

Updated 18Jun2018