About Clearing Checks Electronically

The American National Standards Institute standard facilitates the conversion of checks to electronic images so that they can be cleared electronically. You can print ANSI-compliant refund checks for the US and Canada.

The ANSI format has a slightly different layout from other printed forms, as follows:

• The date is printed in one of the formats DDMMYYYY, MMDDYYYY, YYYYMMDD, depending on your windows setup.
• The currency code and currency symbol (for example, $) is printed before the check amount, depending on the currency setup in Common Services.
• The text version of the amount prints "Dollars."

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