Product
Everything you need to print your own checks
Diversified Check Studio is browser-based software for designing and printing real checks on blank check stock with your own printer. It handles the design, the MICR line, the stock, the alignment, and the record of every run.
Design
A one-screen check designer
Build the exact check you want to print, with a live preview at true check size and no separate preview step.
- Drag, nudge, and align every element: payee line, amount, amount in words, memo, date, signature block, logo, and custom text.
- Start from a business or personal layout, then adjust anything on the face of the check.
- Alignment and distribution tools keep columns and rows square without guesswork.
- Publish a version when a design is ready. Published versions are locked so a printed check can always be traced back to the exact layout used.
- Duplicate a design to try a variation without touching the version you already print from.
Banking data
Businesses and bank accounts
Your check data is organized the way your organization is, and the sensitive parts are encrypted at rest.
- Create a business with its legal name, address, contact details, and default paper size.
- Add bank accounts with routing number, account number, bank name, bank address, and the next check number.
- Routing numbers are validated with the standard ABA checksum and checked against the routing reference directory.
- Account numbers are encrypted and revealed only through an explicit reveal action that is recorded in your history.
- Bank accounts can be individual, joint, or business owned, so personal checks and business checks stay separate.
MICR
Real MICR, captured from your own check
The MICR line is the part banks read. Diversified Check Studio prints true E-13B characters and preserves the structure your bank already uses.
- E-13B characters render at the correct size and spacing for the bottom band of the check.
- Check Capture reads a photo of an existing check and extracts the MICR structure, routing number, account number, and check number placement.
- Leading zeros and check number digit width are preserved exactly as your bank prints them.
- MICR test prints let you confirm the band before you commit real check stock.
- The MICR Center keeps the configuration per bank account, so every design for that account prints the same band.
Check stock
Business and personal blank stock
Choose the paper you actually bought. The layout follows the sheet, not the other way around.
- Business formats: standard business voucher, three per page, and top or bottom check position.
- Personal formats: wallet, desk-set, top-stub, side-stub, and a custom size you define.
- Each preset carries the real physical measurements, so the printed face lands where the perforation is.
- Most banks accept a personal check printed on business size stock, sometimes with the MICR line formatted the business way. Confirm it with your bank, record the size certification, and printing is unlocked.
Printing
Print on blank check stock from the browser
No plugin, no desktop install, no driver. The Print Center produces a print-ready document sized to your stock.
- The print wizard walks through business, bank account, design, stock, and quantity, then produces the run.
- Check numbering is assigned from the bank account and recorded, so numbers are never silently reused.
- Print at actual size, always. Scaling is pinned so the MICR band keeps its position and dimensions.
- Print history records every run, including who printed it and which published design version was used.
- Reprints are supported with a recorded reason, so a spoiled sheet does not break your numbering trail.
Printer setup
Printer profiles and calibration
Printers drift. Saved profiles and calibration offsets keep alignment correct over time.
- Save a printer profile per printer, per tray, with feed direction and paper handling.
- Print a calibration test page, measure the offset, and store it against that printer and stock combination.
- Guided Setup walks new users through printer selection, MICR toner or ink, calibration, and a test print.
- Diagnostics flag configuration gaps before they turn into a wasted box of check stock.
Control
Access, history, and recovery
Built for organizations where more than one person touches check production.
- Roles and permissions control who can design, who can print, and who can see account numbers.
- Approvals can be required before a design is published or a run is printed.
- Audit history records sensitive actions, including reveals, deletions, and published versions.
- Encrypted backups and data transfers let you export your workspace and restore it later.
- Licensing is per business, and personal checks never consume a business license.
It is a check design and printing tool, not a financial system. Knowing the boundary up front saves everyone time.
- No bookkeeping or general ledger. Diversified Check Studio does not track income, expenses, or balances.
- No payroll processing, tax filing, or wage calculation.
- No bank connections, ACH, wire transfers, or moving money of any kind.
- No invoicing or accounts payable workflow.
- No check clearing, deposit, or reconciliation against a bank statement.
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