Any good check printing programs?

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> 
> I think you are wasting your time unless you just want to fill in the 
> blanks of a ready-made, purchased from the bank, check.
> 
> The reason?  They are custom imprinted with a magnetic pattern that 
> contains the information to route and clear that check, with only the 
> amount being required to be read and entered by hand at the clearing 
> point.
> 
> We don't have the facilities to do that for an otherwise identical looking 
> check, and if we did, I imagine the secret service would come to pay a 
> visit, probably without knocking other than the door in to gain entrance.
> They tend to take a very dim view of counterfeiting, which could easily be 
> done with essentially the same printing equipment.
> 
http://www.sandeen.net/freecheck/