In this article we are going to go over all of the requirements needed to have cheques printed that are compatible with Unity® Accounting. We will also be providing links to 3rd party suppliers in Canada that offer this service to our customers below. Here are the items we will be covering in this article.
- Unity® Accounting Cheque Requirements
- 3rd Party Cheque Printing Service Providers
- Getting Cheques From Your Financial Institution
- Setting Unity® Accounting To Match Your Cheque Template
Unity® Accounting Cheque Requirements
To print General Cheques or Trust Cheques in Unity® Accounting, you must ensure your cheques meet the following requirements to match our templates properly.
Step 1 – Make sure your cheques are on 8 ½ x 11 standard printing paper.
Step 2 – Make sure the cheque includes the following information before printing.
- Firm Name & Address
- Account (Trust or General)
- Banking Institution & Address
- MICR code
An example would look like this:
Our goal is to make this process as easy and cost efficient for our customers. This will allow you to find a vendor of your own choice that has the most convenient options for you.
3rd Party Cheque Printing Service Providers
There are plenty of 3rd party cheque printing services available. Many of which may even be closer to your firm’s location than our previous service. Here are a few examples of providers that we recommend to our users.
ChequesNow.CA – Cheques » LASER (chequesnow.ca)
Choose – Laser Cheques – Select Unity® AccountingUnity® Accounting for software.
Getting Cheques From Your Financial Institution
Most financial institutions provide cheque printing for their users. You can contact your bank directly and request cheque printing. Here are some resources for cheque ordering through some major Canadian Banks.
BMO – BMO Financial Group | Making money make sense
CIBC – How to manage your CIBC account
RBC – Ordering Cheques – RBC Royal Bank
Scotiabank – Order cheques online | Scotiabank Canada
TD – Order Checks (tdbank.com)
If your firm uses a different financial institution, we recommend you do a browser search for
“Bank Name – Cheque Order.”
Or call or visit them directly and they should have resources available to you.
Setting Unity® Accounting To Match Your Cheque Template
Before selecting your cheques to be printed, be sure to verify that your Unity® Accounting cheque template is set to match to work with your printed cheques. You can do that with the following steps.
Step 1 – in Unity® Accounting go to Lists > Templates
Step 2 – In the Templates window go to “Print Cheque” and double click
Step 3 – In the Print Cheque Window you can select “Top,Middle,Bottom” depending on the position of your printed cheques. And you can select whether or not to print the MICR number at the bottom (if your cheques do not have this pre printed)
