Have you ever had the experience of printing checks on forms for the incorrect bank account? Even if you haven’t been through this personally, it has probably crossed your mind how embarrassing and possibly disastrous this could be. Maintaining more than one checking account means that you need to stock and then change check forms for each of the accounts.
There are programs that address these problems by letting you print checks to partially blank check forms. These programs allow you to print the needed information using a laser printer and special MICR toner.
One of these programs is MultiCHAX® software system, created by CHAX, Inc. MultiCHAX offers a unique check printing solution which closely integrates with all versions of QuickBooks. MultiCHAX prints checks, including the MICR codes, onto blank check forms from within QuickBooks in a single step.
Automatically select the proper bank account
To use MultiCHAX, all you do is prefix the QuickBooks bank account descriptive information with a bank account number. Select the MultiCHAX Virtual Printer when printing checks and MultiCHAX does the rest. MultiCHAX handles an unlimited number of bank accounts
The figure below shows how the bank code is placed within QuickBooks and Quicken.
Change the check style
MultiCHAX has three styles of checks, which can be changed by a click of your mouse.
Bottom, Middle, or Top (3 per page also available)
Logos and Signatures
MultiCHAX can print logos, signatures and/or print overlays on the checks. They can vary by bank account.
Security, User Rights, and Audit Trail
The program security features can be turned on or off. These features include User IDs (password protected) so that individuals can be restricted to certain bank accounts, check amount limits, plus more. A password protected, encrypted audit trail database can be maintained for all checks printed.
MultiUser
It is multi-user enabled so that multiple workstations can share the same databases. This allows different users to write checks from different work stations simultaneously.
Integrates with all versions of QuickBooks
The MultiCHAX - QuickBooks edition supports all versions of Quickbooks. - Starter, Pro, Premier, Enterprise, and On-Line in both the United States and Canada. The MultiCHAX – Enterprise Edition supports all the QuickBooks versions as well as almost all other Windows Accounting software packages.
Product Evaluation and Pricing
CHAX, Inc. makes a fully functional demonstration evaluation copy available from www.multichax.com. If you like it and decide to buy they will provide you with a “live” serial number that will remove the “DEMO – Void” legends from the checks.
Free Tech Support
Free telephone tech support is provided for the evaluation as well as the live program for the life of the release.
Conclusion
MuliCHAX has built-in one step printing, automatic bank account selection, user security and auditability, easy MICR alignment, and offers free support. If you are looking for a way to ease the process of check printing, you will want to look into MultiCHAX.