# Who's ever printed their own checks? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-ever-printed-their-own-checks/324366 "2005-10-01T19:42:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-ever-printed-their-own-checks/324366/1 "2005-10-01T19:42:11Z")
I bought some check writing software today (I can’t seem to locate my box of checks - (they’re buried here somewhere!) and I have to write bills). It was pretty easy to set up and use. Anybody else use such software? Have any problems with the checks being accepted? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-ever-printed-their-own-checks/324366/2 "2005-10-01T19:49:56Z")
I’ve done it for a few years, never had a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-ever-printed-their-own-checks/324366/3 "2005-10-01T19:50:18Z")
Yeah, I used that once, but I lost the stupid CD, and it was apparently an older version, so I couldn’t replace it (without buying a whole new program). I loved the convenience, as well as the neatness of printing the whole thing already filled out. I never had any problem with them being accepted either. I’ve been meaning to get another program, just keep forgetting to do it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-ever-printed-their-own-checks/324366/4 "2005-10-01T20:00:28Z")
I ended up getting VersaCheck Silver for $29.95 (with a $10 rebate!). ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-ever-printed-their-own-checks/324366/5 "2005-10-01T22:05:59Z")
That’s the brand I used, but I don’t remember the version. It was kinda cool, the way I happened to purchase it, though. I was in an office supplies store and saw all these CD-ROMs for about $10. The VersaCheck CD was one of them. I saw that I could get the CD and refill paper for less than the bundle pack that had all the materials in it, so that’s what I decided to do. When I got to the checkout, they couldn’t get a price to ring up for the CD. Turned out that the CD was _supposed_ to be part of a promo (“buy this program, try VersaCheck FREE!”) and wasn’t priced for individual sale. So they let me buy the paper and sold me the CD for a penny! Cost me a bit less than $10 for the whole shebang! ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-ever-printed-their-own-checks/324366/6 "2005-10-01T22:26:45Z")
[The Master says](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_352b.html) that checks can be written on just about anything (painting it on a door, chiselling it on a stone tablet etc.). People don’t have to accept weird forms of checks but the courts have repeatedly ruled that such instruments are valid and the bank must cash them.