[Novalug] check printing software for linux?

[Ken Kauffman]

Ok Jay -- rethink it this way --

Checks are simply a template for a specific layout on paper.  It's just a
matter of what level of effort you want to go through, to set it up.  I'm
pretty sure VersaCheck makes software for Linux, but it might be easier to
putz around with the templating functionality inside OpenOffice and set it
up in there.  The VersaCheck solution is really only cost effective if you
do high volumes of checks.  The cost of the software would exceed what it
would cost to buy 150 checks that would last 6 years.

A free native solution is generally "sit down with some kind of word
processing software" and make it work with the check paper.  I looked at it,
and in the end up just bought checks.  If it's a big issue, check the
millions of "check printers" that don't go through a bank and charge less.

\\ K //

On 12/8/07, Jay Hart <jhart at kevla.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Just get the checks from your bank.  I thought you could get it so you
> could
> > pick them up from the bank.  If not, there are other check services
> online
> > that you can order through that are cheaper.
> >
> > The reality is this -- you only write 2 checks a month.  So 150 checks
> > should last you about 75 months (@ 6 years).  So your cost per month is
> > almost nothing. :)
> >
> > Yes. I know -- not the answer to your specific question -- but with that
> > perspective - in 6 years, checks will be obsolete anyway.  There will be
> a
> > transparent RFID chip in my eyeball that I can use to buy anything and
> > authenticate all at once.  Of course the first implementation will
> likely be
> > a contact lense.
> >
> > For anybody (like Jay) listening -- I'm making up more stuff again.
> >
> > K
>
> Ken, take no offense from next statement, but:
>
> You sure can be funny you on your meds...  ;)
>
> RFID, eyeballs, man, have I got to go put on my tinfoil hat.  That really
> scares me.  With my astigmatism, they'd probably give me a set that that
> only
> way I use the dumb thing would be to lay on the register itself.
>
> But, I wonder if the SW exists to do what Brandon is asking.
>
> Jay
>
> >
> > On 12/8/07, Brandon Saxe <brandon20va at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I just had to re-order some checks today. I am really
> >> annoyed that I have to purchase in quantities of 150
> >> minimum with my bank. Shipping is quite costly as
> >> well. I only write 1-2 checks per month. Always one is
> >> for rent.
> >>
> >> I was just thinking that since I write so few checks,
> >> it may make more sense for me to purchase some check
> >> paper from staples and print my own as needed and
> >> never have to re-order checks again (I have multiple
> >> checking accounts as well and don't want to have to
> >> re-order for those as well).
> >>
> >> Does anybody on the list know of any good check
> >> printing software for linux they have used before and
> >> can vouch for?
> >>
> >> thanks!
> >>   Brandon
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