Overview
DoorLoop offers check printing which will allow you to print both Bill Payments and Expenses payable to Owners, Vendors, and Tenants. Check printing is possible onto either Voucher (1 Check per Page) or Standard (3 checks per Page) formats. You can print your checks with account and routing numbers or without them if they are already pre-printed on your check paper.
Note: Check Printing is not available to Starter Plans. Consider upgrading to the Pro or Premium Plans to access this feature.
The Steps
Before printing out your checks, you should create the expense, bill payment, or refund first before proceeding. (However, you can create a new check without creating these by following the instructions here: Create a Check.)
Tip: It is recommended to set up the check printing settings first. You can read more about that here: Set Up Check Printing.
It is also recommended to print checks using the Google Chrome browser.
To print a check that you've added to the print queue, click Accounting > Print Checks on the main menu.
On the Print Checks page, use the drop-down menus under Account and select the bank account you want to print checks from. If you want to print all checks from all your bank accounts at once, click the X next to the shown bank account to clear the field.
*Please note that you should not try to print all checks at once if you have check paper that already has printed bank account information and check numbers. Print these checks out first by selecting each bank account individually.
A list of checks will appear from expenses, bill payments, and refunds you created from the bank account. Select the checks you would like to print from the list. Then click the Preview Checks button.
The Print Checks preview window shows you how your checks and vouchers (if applicable) will print. If no changes are necessary, click on the Print button in the lower right corner. (If you need to make adjustments, read the instructions here for setting up the print checks feature: Set Up Check Printing.)
In the print preview window, adjust your print settings to match our recommendations. These are:
Set the Margins to Default
Set the Scale to Default or Actual Size
Turn off Headers and footers
Turn off Background graphics
Do not choose Print on both sides
Click Print to print the checks using your actual check paper.
Once your checks have been printed, you will have two options to choose from:
If you completed a print but are not happy with the results, make sure you choose the option "No, keep the checks" so you can print them again.
If you are satisfied with the way the checks printed, choose the "Yes, all is good!" to complete the checks and remove them from your list of checks to print.
*Note that if you accidentally chose "Yes, all is good!" and still need to reprint the checks, refer to these instructions below to be able to print the checks again.
Note: If your checks are not printing correctly and the alignments are off, refer to the instructions here: Set Up Check Printing.
How to reprint checks if you have already selected "Yes, all is good!" after printing checks
For a check paying an Expense, you will just need to edit the Expense to toggle the Print Later option back on. This works for an Owner Distribution as well, because these are also recorded as expenses.
For a check paying off a Bill, you will need to delete the Bill Payment you created to pay off that bill and print the check. Then you can redo the Bill Payment wizard to be able to print the check again.
If you are having issues with printing checks, please refer to our FAQ file here for check printing issues:
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