Who isn’t tired of writing out checks by hand? Sure it’s economical and practical for the average “Joe small business owner,” but who has that kind of time when running a small business or other operation? Imagine saving infinite time and money with printable checks. It is a grand idea, and no longer accessible to only large corporations. Mass check production has finally come toe the masses and its calling card is VersaCheck.

With minimum system requirements as low as a Pentium 166Mhz, with 32 MB of RAM, running a windows 98 platform with at least 100 MB of free hard disk space, and an inkjet or laser printer, the wealth of resource is now at all our fingertips. The VersaCheck corporation has gone to great lengths to ensure that their software integrates magnificently into such popular money management programs as Quicken, QuickBooks, and Microsoft Money, while still running just as nicely on its own accord. With the ability to fully manipulate the look, layout and design of your checks, business can take on a professional look consistently sought after. VersaCheck is only one of many well known companies which have assisted big business and small business alike to in meeting the needs and demand for a more effective payroll system. To directly compete with VersaCheck, are such competitors as Troy Checkwriting Software (TCWS), and checkwritingsoftware.com. All three programs are designed to run around the same concept of printing checks, and are reputed to do an equally good job.

The key to check printing lays not so much in the software, but more in the hardware. With compatible printers, mostly laser printers, a concept of MICR (pronounced my’-kur) numbers was born. Anyone who has ever written a check should be familiar with MICR numbers on the bottom of their checks. The MICR numbers are used as a way of correctly reading and scanning checks into record. MICR numbers are printed from a specially magnetized ink reputed to be more accurate when being processed through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software and hardware devices. This development has saved banks millions upon millions of dollars every year.

When combined with check printing programs like VersaCheck, TCWS, and others, the savings can be passed along to the businesses. VersaCheck, along with many other retailers, provide MICR toners and inks as a standard product in their line. As another benefit of its already popular line, VersaCheck also carries a product aimed at average “Joe Consumer” who will also never have to hand write a check again. The program, named My Checkbook Factory, will do exactly what the name implies; create a bank friendly checkbook for any average consumer, saving them time and money on costly checks.

When it all boils down, and all is said and done, our “Joe small business owner” saves himself, his employees, and his bank a great deal of time, trouble and hassle by using compatible check printing software. Next to “Joe small business owner” Versacheck and competitors can save average “Joe consumer” lots of headache by printing his own checkbook, and saving time and money.

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