Reviews (5)

Rotten software, worse support
There's bad software, awful software, and "aw just stick a fork in me" rotten software. "Mycheck Writer..." by Elibrium falls under the third category.

Installation is painful. Operation gives repeated "...dll failed" errors. Installs a very fussy printer driver called "greatland" (from another company with competing check printing software), which will fail suddenly. Installation also places hundreds of awful fonts in your windows fonts directory, which are not removed through the uninstall process.

After painfully getting an install completed on my laptop in Aug '03, I was able to print using my inkjet for a few months. (No, you don't really need a laser printer and the MICR toner cartridge that they try to sell you. At least I didn't. Banks and businesses had no problems with my inkjet printed checks.)

Then out of the blue, it starts printing my checks without the routing/transit/account number line. Of course, after a few months of use with only limited trouble, I didn't notice. (My awful mistake, of course.) Suddenly, my checks are being returned to me with comments like "The document enclosed is not a legal banking instrument". Great.

I try re-printing the checks, but now the "greatland printer driver" is giving me errors to the effect of "print command received from illegal application. Contact technical support"

I'm on the horn with my bank now to get some regular checks printed. There's no way I'm going to waste my $24 or more on their technical support.

Good luck folks! If you find a simple check printing interface, please post!

NOT RECOMMENDED It worked okay then.........
Was working fine with my HP laser and XP, simple record keeping. Then the darn thing started printing checks from 2 months ago instead of the one I wanted to print. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PROGRAM TO ANYONE. I had to go back and make sure the right check numbers were with the right checks because it was also changing check numbers on me. Tech supoort for $24.95, + per minute fees. Now that takes guts especially on a product that is only 3 months old. Shop around, trust me.

Don't try to use this product with a 300 dpi laser printer..
It won't support lasers less than 600 dpi. No were is this disclosed. Didn't find out until I purchased an $80 MICR toner for my printer. Wow! I could have bought 6 boxs of check for the price of the MICR toner alone. Waste of money!

Doesn't print in W2K. Lousy tech support
I bought it for win2000. Their print driver doesn't work - doesn't print at all. The company acknowledges the problem on the their web site and gives a "wonderful" recommendation: "Cancel all printing jobs and try again"!...? Their live tech support is [expensive] plus per minute charges. Email support answered in 24 hours and even offered call me. The guy was nice but his advise absolutely useless. After going through the routine of checking my printer's settings he sent a word file with 18 steps instructions. ... The file tells you how to uninstall and, then, reinstall the software. What a brilliant solution!... When I told them that it still didn't work, they sent an email saying, basically, that they know about the problem and have no idea what the hell is going on. Would never buy anything from this company and, hope, neither will you.

Can't get Support for issues
Had problems getting the CheckDesigner to print checks properly, the check on the screen looks nothing like what comes out of the printer. Basically useless.
I use Quicken and Quickbooks, but now the checks come out fuzzy. There is a driver that MyChecks installs that intercepts the print job (Greatland Driver), and now only 1 in 3 checks prints correctly. That's not saving any money - wasting a lot of paper. I guess they think they can keep you buying their check paper because the software works so bad. A bit slimey don't you think? ... Read more

Features

• Easily manage business payables and receivables
• Create bank-approved personal, business, and payroll checks
• Generate custom invoices, estimates, and customer statements
• Manage purchase orders and product inventory
• 30+ comprehensive reports for better decision making

Features

• Print & create bank approved checkbooks in minutes
• Makes checkbooks for all U.S. and Canadian banks
• Includes many different customized templates
• Customize checks and covers with included clip art or use your own personal images and photos
• Supports digital check security certificate for automated check clearing

Amazon.com Product Description

Use SmartInvoice & Estimates 7.0 to create and print invoices, estimates, purchase orders, and statements for your business. You can also create a reusable master list of products and services; track inventory quantities, costs, and values; and convert estimates to invoices with a single click.

Use simple menus and buttons to customize forms with addresses, logos, postal bar codes, item descriptions, quantities, tax, and prices. Print forms and documents on blank paper. The matching form templates give your correspondence a consistent, professional look. SmartInvoice is also compatible with professionally designed preprinted forms available in various colors. SmartInvoice & Estimates 7.0 makes it easy to create invoices for repeat customer orders by retrieving customer and order information so you don't need to retype or gather information again.

Print and send invoices and bills by U.S. mail or present them online using Qchex.com. To send an invoice online, simply create and fill in your invoice, enter the appropriate e-mail address, and click on the Send button. SmartInvoice deposits online forms into a secure, password-protected mailbox for your customers to retrieve. SmartInvoice sends an e-mail notification containing a link to your forms. Choose from a variety of different ways to collect payments, such as by phone, fax, or even online. ... Read more

Reviews (1)

Don't Waste Your Money
If you really need an invoicing program for your business then LOOK ELSEWHERE.

This program is a real disappointment, and most likely a waste of your time and money. It functions more like a stripped-down version of Quicken than an invoicing program. Like Quicken, the program pays bills well, but fails miserably when it comes to invoicing clients the way businesses need to invoice clients. This is somewhat strange because the product's name is SmartInvoice not Mini-Quicken.

The program is full of bugs (and I have all the latest program updates). Access violations occur frequently - leaving you stuck in the middle of creating or updating an invoice. I sent info to the company about the access violations, and received almost childish replies (re-install software). Two requests for support never even received replies.

I bought this program hoping to set up recurring invoicing for clients, and found only after loading the program that it can't do recurring invoices. This was frustrating, and made the purchase a complete waste for me, so I sent a request to the company to add a recurring invoice feature. I received a response that the program only does recurring bill-paying (MiniQuicken), but not recurring invoicing (interpretation: live it with it)....

One more annoying feature - the product attempts to connect to the internet to verify addresses, when all you may want to do is preview an invoice. If you can't connect to the internet,you can't preview the invoice.

Frustrating product, and service. ... Read more

Reviews (1)

NO TECH SUPPORT WHATSOEVER!!
I purchased this product and could not even install the program. One month later I still cannot get an answer on how to solve the problem. I would not recommend this product to anyone. ... Read more

Reviews (2)

Simply Doesnt Work
Worked fine on Windows 98, but when loaded into WindowsXP, it wouldn't launch. The developers don't provide any support, so they were no help either.

It's unfortunate, because it did the job that needed to get done, it just didn't do it on a computer newer than 1997.

buy something else
i bought this kit to make my company business checks, but this software is poorly made by a visual basic intermediate-level developer, probably, and it is somehow impossible to arrange address name payee etc boxes nicely as i want. "MyCheckBook"database is not well connected to "BusinessDesigner"database, all graphics are dated(feels like using 90's software). My recomendation is you better buy pre-printed business check by mail order and use Microsoft Money to print out decently. ... Read more

Features

• Advanced, multi-user, accounting solution for small distributors
• Meet daily and long-term goals more effectively; pricing management
• Advanced drop shipping; ability to buy/sell items in different quantities
• Customizable reports designed to address needs of distributors
• Crystal Reports for Peachtree included for even greater operational analysis

Features

• Print out informative business reports for your home or business
• Create personal and business-size checks, for printing or sending by email
• Design and organize your own estimates, invoices, and statements
• Create new drafts and checks by phone or fax
• Track and manage customer payments

Reviews (3)

Of course, it works!
I'm a legal secretary, and I have used VersaCheck for our office banking for over a year now. I've never had a problem with a check clearing. I currently use an older version and I'm very happy with it. The only thing keeping it from 5 stars is the fact that I can't (or haven't figured out how to) print checks with that are already filled out. (As opposed to simply printing a blank check to be hand-filled.)

Are they really valid checks?
I've considered buying this or similar check printing products. However, are the checks really acceptable to the bank? The line of data at the bottom of checks is supposed to be printed with magnetic ink so that check processing equipment can read it. (It's called the MICR line for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.)

If the MICR line is printed in normal non-magnetic ink from a laser jet or ink jet, the item rejects when processed by the bank and the bank must manually process the check which is a hassle and much more expensive. Many banks--like mine--reserve the right to reject check stock that doesn't include the correct ink on the MICR line. The bank can send the customer a letter asking them to stop using the unapproved check stock or reluctantly close the account.

If this product does print the MICR line with approved magnetic ink, then I'd like to see it in the product description.

VersaCheck 2003 Personal Express
Its easy to use, Faster processing system.No need to wait for the order checks, Precise identify informations.Resonable cost.I like it a lot and planning to use it for years. ... Read more

Features

• Ultra-protected against fading and chemical alteration
• Magnetic Ink character recognition compliant(required by most banks & stores)
• Print cartridge compatible with HP #45 printer cartridges
• Includes 150 blank checks

Amazon.com Product Description

Checkscontain security features such as chemical and erasure protection, a void pantograph, an artificial watermark, and endorsement screen. ... Read more

Reviews (5)

What they don't tell you....
I use Quickbooks Pro which integrates nicely into the "MyBusinessCheckWriter" software program. I thought I would save money by printing my own checks, but did not realize the following: I had to purchase a special MICR toner for my printer so the scanners could read the checks; even with this there was still problems scanning and when you try to use them at a cashier expect to have problems. When I receive my bank statements, the check numbers aren't accurate because the scanners often will show a check with a five digit number to be a check with a 2 or 3 digit number. I tried to find window envelopes to match the checks, only to discover the address windows will not line up with any standard window envelopes and you can only purchase the right ones through guess where? When you add up the totals, you're money ahead ordering your checks pre-printed.

Be careful
The price on this product is attractive, but it will NOT work with Quicken unless you purchase additional software (from MyChecks, of course) to allow printing to odd size checks.

Basically, you print the check and payee information in one step by selecting a special "printer" that merges the data and sends it to your printer. This is complex and adds an unnecessary step to the process if you like to print blank checks then fill them out.

If you are particularly security conscious, printing a check in one step means you don't have blank checks lying around. That's a good thing. But it's not for me, nor, I suspect for most people.

Back they go.

Great checks
I have been using MyChecks for two years now with Quicken and MyCheckWriter software. Had a little difficulty setting up the check structure, but once done everything works smoothly. You need to make sure that you have ALL software required to make these checks work properly.

Bad Fit
These are advertised as compatible with Quicken and Quickbooks but if they are, I certainly can't make them work. The perfs are in a different location than Intuit's software can deal with. The printing will stagger off on the business 3 ups and also the business with stub.

This product contains no software
This product contains only 3 part blank checks and no computer software. I am, therefore, returning the item.

K. Angles ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Checkscontain security features such as chemical and erasure protection, a void pantograph, an artificial watermark, and endorsement screen. ... Read more