Most newer printers support printing copies configured as checks.
- “Collated” (check1, check2, check3, check1, check2, check3) or
- “Uncollated” (check1, check1, check2, check2, check3, check3
1. Run the System/Company/Preferences command and go to the Forms tab.
2. Set Copies to the number you want to print (including the original).
3. Go to Windows Settings/Control Panel/Printers, highlight the printer you use to print checks, right-click on the printer name, and select Properties from the menu.
4. Find and click Printing Preferences.
5. Set Copies to the number you want to print (including the original) and turn Collate off or on as you desire.
6. Then restart the 21st Century accounting program and print some checks.
If this works the way you intend and you do not use the printer for other purposes, the setting is correct.
(The Printer Properties interface is different for different versions of Windows, so this note can't tell you exactly where to find Printing Preferences or the Collate/Uncollate setting.)
If you use the printer for other purposes, we suggest that in Windows Settings/Control Panel/Printers, you add a new printer definition that is for the same physical printer, but one that you can configure solely for the number of copies of checks to print and whether or not to collate. Then in 21st Century accounting software Preferences, select that printer definition as the check printer and configure it for the number of desired copies of each check.