Select a Check Layout

You can design your checks to conform with the standards set by the local authorities. Check images can be printed in English, French, or Spanish.

Checks are designed to print in both the United States and Canadian check image formats in either a check-stub-check format or a stub-stub-check format.

To select a check layout

1. Choose the icon, enter Report Selections Bank Account, and then choose the related link.
2. On the Report Selection - Bank Acc. page, in the Usage field, select Check.
3. Select one of the following report IDs.

Report ID	Report Name	Description
1401	Check	This is the default report.
10411	Check (Stub/Stub/Check)	This report is designed to print checks in a stub/stub/check format.
10412	Check (Stub/Check/Stub)	This report is designed to print checks in a stub/check/stub format.
10413	Three Checks per Page	This report is designed to print three checks on each page.

When you have set up check layouts, you can print checks from the Payment Journal page. For more information, see Work with Checks.

To change one of these default check layouts, use either the Word or the RDLC integration to do so. For more information, see Create and Modify Custom Report Layouts.

Use MICR and Security Fonts

The online version of Business Central contains pre-installed fonts on the servers that can be used when defining check layouts. The following outlines which fonts are available and has links to detailed information by the 3rd-party suppliers of the fonts.

Important

MICR and check security fonts in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central are licensed in a font package from IDAutomation.com, Inc. These products may only be used as part of and in connection with Microsoft Dynamics Business Central.

In update 15.3 and newer, Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) fonts are installed and available to use. Both the E-13B and the CMC-7 standards are supported. In addition to MICR fonts, special security fonts are available to generate text, names, amounts, and the currency symbols Dollar, Euro, Pound, and Yen, which are hard to tamper with once a check has been printed.

Note

For security and legal reasons, you cannot upload custom fonts to the Business Central environment.

MICR E-13B Specifications

The following summarizes specifications for the MICR E-13B fonts that may be useful when calibrating fonts to be on check layouts with specific MICR printers.

Delimiter characters

The full specification of MICR E-13B fonts can be found in the supplier's documentation here: (https://www.idautomation.com/micr-fonts/e13b/).

MICR CMC-7 Specifications

The following CMC-7 fonts are available in Business Central online:

• IDAutomationCMC7
• IDAutomationCMC7n10
• IDAutomationCMC7n25
• IDAutomationCMC7n40

The following summarizes specifications for the MICR CMC-7 fonts that may be useful when calibrating fonts to be on check layouts with specific MICR printers.

Delimiter characters

The full specification of MICR CMC-7 fonts can be found in the supplier's documentation here: (http://www.idautomation.com/micr-fonts/cmc7/).

Secure Font Specifications

The following summarizes specifications for check security fonts that may be useful when calibrating fonts to be on check layouts with specific MICR printers.

The full specification of check security fonts can be found in the supplier's documentation here: (https://www.idautomation.com/security-fonts/).

Fonts for other purposes are also available in Business Central. For more information, see Available Fonts

See Also

Create and Modify Custom Report Layouts
Fonts in Business Central
Managing Payables
Reconciling Bank Accounts
Completing Period-End Processes
Work with Business Central
General Business Functionality

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