09-07-2013, 06:16 PM
A friend of mine runs a small business where most employees are independent contractors. That is the nature of the business, these are not full time jobs. His wife writes the checks, i.e. handwrites the checks, and she complained that this takes quite some time to write 30 checks or so, make sure names, amount, memo is accurate.
They looked into a service like intuit payroll and that would probably make things easier and also allow them to print checks, but it seems the monthly fee is a little higher than what they want at this point. So for now they're going to continue to use their software to figure out the amount for the checks, but, they would like to be able to print these checks. I guess they can either copy/paste from their payroll software (I am not sure what they use) or even better, they should be able to export a list from their software (CSV, spreadsheet, etc) and import this into another software and print the 30 checks or so.
Can they use a laser printer (which they already have) or do they need a inkjet with special ink (magnetic ink)? I would imagine in this age of optical scanners and mobile banking, the magnetic ink is no longer necessary
They looked into a service like intuit payroll and that would probably make things easier and also allow them to print checks, but it seems the monthly fee is a little higher than what they want at this point. So for now they're going to continue to use their software to figure out the amount for the checks, but, they would like to be able to print these checks. I guess they can either copy/paste from their payroll software (I am not sure what they use) or even better, they should be able to export a list from their software (CSV, spreadsheet, etc) and import this into another software and print the 30 checks or so.
Can they use a laser printer (which they already have) or do they need a inkjet with special ink (magnetic ink)? I would imagine in this age of optical scanners and mobile banking, the magnetic ink is no longer necessary