[GNC] printing blank checks

[David Reiser]

I don’t see any evidence that printers consider there to be any economy of scale for printing a few hundred checks. My credit union’s printing partner last year charged me $0.40/check for 80 checks — probably enough to last me a decade or two. The most recent time I bought 3 per page quicken wallet checks with side stubs, they cost $0.16 apiece. Sure, if you want to buy 6000 at a time, the price goes down to something like $0.05 each. But we just aren’t writing or printing enough checks to buy that many. We’ve only written 8000-10000 checks in the 40-something years we’ve been married. And we’re now writing/printing fewer than 10 checks per year.

But now that I have what’s probably a lifetime supply of preprinted blank checks, I don’t have to worry about trying to print everything myself.

Dave
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Dave Reiser
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> On Jul 18, 2025, at 16:20, Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net> wrote:
> 
> Even then would it not be cheaper to get bulk standard blank pre-printed cheques from a commercial printer, a printers who can pass on economy of scales  when it comes to volume?
>  
> From: Ross Laver <ross.laver at gmail.com <mailto:ross.laver at gmail.com>> 
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2025 6:13 AM
> To: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net <mailto:kalpesh.patel at usa.net>>; 'Harold' <jhwms at proton.me <mailto:jhwms at proton.me>>; 'David Reiser' <dbreiser at icloud.com <mailto:dbreiser at icloud.com>>
> Cc: 'Gnucash' <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] printing blank checks
>  
> YES ... It is still a "thing". While Electronic transfers are most common there are situations where a check is the only solution. We write checks for scholarships that are presented to the scholar but payable to the institution. We assist people in need and the elderly who don't handle technology well. 
>    We even write checks to folks with a sarcastic sense of humor.
> Ross
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> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+ross.laver=gmail.com at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+ross.laver=gmail.com at gnucash.org>> on behalf of Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net <mailto:kalpesh.patel at usa.net>>
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2025 5:58:22 AM
> To: 'Harold' <jhwms at proton.me <mailto:jhwms at proton.me>>; 'David Reiser' <dbreiser at icloud.com <mailto:dbreiser at icloud.com>>
> Cc: 'Gnucash' <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] printing blank checks
>  
> Is that still a thing? 
> 
> I would have imagined that -- at least in states -- with bank-to-bank ACH and BillPay available it would have eliminated needing paper checks. Most of the US institutions now days charge to handle paper check after it has been cashed in and even then they want you to pre-process it,  and convert it into a digital image.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold <jhwms at proton.me <mailto:jhwms at proton.me>> 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 4:22 PM
> To: David Reiser <dbreiser at icloud.com <mailto:dbreiser at icloud.com>>
> Cc: Gnucash <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] printing blank checks
> 
> Yes, I have the preprinted forms but in my old age, I can't remember how in linux to print new checks using those forms. I know it sounds silly but that's where I am at 82.
> 
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> On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM, David Reiser <[dbreiser at icloud.com <mailto:dbreiser at icloud.com>](mailto:On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM, David Reiser <<a href=)> wrote:
> 
> > How blank? Gnucash generally figures you’re printing checks on preprinted forms. In particular, I don’t think anyone has managed a way to print the magnetic MICR info from Gnucash.
> >
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> > Dave Reiser
> > dbreiser at icloud.com <mailto:dbreiser at icloud.com>
> >
> >> On Jul 15, 2025, at 18:21, Harold via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >> I have the blank check stock but I haven't been able to remember how to print blank checks. Can someone give me a nudge in the right direction?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Harold
> >>
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