Check Printing Software
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One of the reasons I've been hanging on to an ages-old Paradox database program is to use a custom program I wrote to print checks.
We get a list of people we need to write checks to in a CSV format, and my program does that.
I Googled "check writing software" and a few programs came up, but I am assuming someone out there on ML is using some sort of program (or knows of some sort of program) that has worked well for them.
Or perhaps has some other way I haven't even thought of. (It has to be paper checks. It cannot be electronic or gift/cash cards.)
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Any reason not to just update what you already have?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Any reason not to just update what you already have?
Well, I'd have to write it in a new software package.
Considering the time that would probably take (to learn the package and write the program) I figured an off-the-shelf route would be best.
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What language is the old one in?
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Can't this be done from whatever accounting package they use? The boss wouldn't be happy if she couldn't print checks from that anymore at least.
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@travisdh1 said:
Can't this be done from whatever accounting package they use? The boss wouldn't be happy if she couldn't print checks from that anymore at least.
I was thinking the same thing. Heck Quickbooks did this 10 years ago - you tell it the layout of the pre-printed check (if you used them) did an alignment test, and way you go.
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@Dashrender said:
@travisdh1 said:
Can't this be done from whatever accounting package they use? The boss wouldn't be happy if she couldn't print checks from that anymore at least.
I was thinking the same thing. Heck Quickbooks did this 10 years ago - you tell it the layout of the pre-printed check (if you used them) did an alignment test, and way you go.
It can be a large amount at a time, sometimes close to 500. Usually between 200-300.
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@BRRABill said:
@Dashrender said:
@travisdh1 said:
Can't this be done from whatever accounting package they use? The boss wouldn't be happy if she couldn't print checks from that anymore at least.
I was thinking the same thing. Heck Quickbooks did this 10 years ago - you tell it the layout of the pre-printed check (if you used them) did an alignment test, and way you go.
It can be a large amount at a time, sometimes close to 500. Usually between 200-300.
So?
But even better - why are you still writing checks? Why not electronic deposits?
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@Dashrender said:
But even better - why are you still writing checks? Why not electronic deposits?
It is for research studies. We get the name and address from the person taking the survey. There is no way to do it electronically, and people do not like to receive gift cards in the mail. (That was my suggestion years ago.)
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@BRRABill said:
@Dashrender said:
But even better - why are you still writing checks? Why not electronic deposits?
It is for research studies. We get the name and address from the person taking the survey. There is no way to do it electronically, and people do not like to receive gift cards in the mail. (That was my suggestion years ago.)
People don't like to get gift cards in the mail? If you're giving out free money, I' not complaining how it arrives in my possession.
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@art_of_shred said
People don't like to get gift cards in the mail? If you're giving out free money, I' not complaining how it arrives in my possession.
Well, you'd have to give them Visa gift cards. And then they have to activate them. Whatever. We just know it drops participation.
Those are also work on our end ordering, etc..
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To print checks? Good old laser printer or ink jet works fine, they'll do a checkmark no problem.
I'll show myself out...
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What accounting do you use?
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Ah, I don't know enough about it to know what its limitations are.
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@BRRABill said:
@Dashrender said:
But even better - why are you still writing checks? Why not electronic deposits?
It is for research studies. We get the name and address from the person taking the survey. There is no way to do it electronically, and people do not like to receive gift cards in the mail. (That was my suggestion years ago.)
OK now I know why you're not bothering with your accounting software, because you're probably not tracking these individual payments via the accounting software - instead you put in a single lump payment to study participants, maintain the list of those participants elsewhere, then run you check printing operation.
But it seems like Word or Excel could do this with a printing template.
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Or LibreOffice, if MS Office can.
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@Dashrender said:
OK now I know why you're not bothering with your accounting software, because you're probably not tracking these individual payments via the accounting software - instead you put in a single lump payment to study participants, maintain the list of those participants elsewhere, then run you check printing operation.
But it seems like Word or Excel could do this with a printing template.
Right. We (I, I am the one who does the printing) just report to them how much was sent out for each study.
We get 250 people do the survey at $25 each, we print 250 $25 checks, and report that we sent out $6250 in incentives, and that is that.
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@Dashrender said:
But it seems like Word or Excel could do this with a printing template.
Hmmm, something else I did not think of.
Set up a "mail merge" of sorts.
