Blank check stock with three checks to a sheet, the lowest cost per check in our blank range. You print the bank details yourself using check printing software and magnetic ink, so one supply covers every account you hold.
Format: Blank stock, three checks per sheet
Magnetic ink: Required
Software: Check printing software needed
Quantities: 100, 250 or 500 sheets
Per check cost: From $0.80 at 100, dropping to $0.30 at 500
Colors: 20 options
Security: Many security features included
Printer: Laser or inkjet
Blank checks are security paper formatted to a standard check layout but supplied without your bank details printed on them. No routing number, no account number, no MICR line. You add all of that yourself using check printing software and magnetic ink.
That is the entire difference between blank stock and pre-printed checks. Pre-printed arrives tied to one bank account. Blank stock stays generic until your software prints on it, which means one box can serve every account you hold.
This particular format fits three checks to a sheet, which is where blank stock economics work hardest. You are already accepting the software and ink requirement, so taking the lowest cost per check alongside it makes sense for most businesses that choose this route.
Is This the Right Choice for You?
Blank stock earns its place in three situations. You print for more than one bank account. You write enough checks that per unit cost genuinely matters. Or you want control over the full face of the check rather than working within a fixed pre-printed design.
If you print from one account at moderate volume, pre-printed checks are simpler. There is no software to configure and no magnetic ink to source. Computer checks 3 on a page use the same three per sheet layout but arrive ready to run.
If you write checks by hand, accounts payable manual checks use the same layout in a binder with no printer involved at all.
Magnetic Ink Is Required
The line of characters along the bottom of a finished check is the MICR line. Bank processing equipment reads it magnetically rather than optically, which is why it must be printed with magnetic ink rather than standard toner.
This is the step people most often skip. Checks printed with ordinary toner frequently look correct and still get rejected or pulled for manual handling at the bank, which removes the time saving that made blank stock attractive in the first place.
If sourcing magnetic ink is more setup than you want, pre-printed stock arrives with the MICR line already applied. Our computer checks need no special ink at all.
Check Printing Software
You also need software capable of printing checks, since it lays out your bank details, payee, date and amount onto the blank sheet. Standard accounting software may handle this, or you may need dedicated check printing software depending on your setup.
Configure the layout for three checks per page so all three positions align correctly on the sheet.
A Standard Printer
Any laser or inkjet printer handles this stock. What changes is the ink or toner cartridge, not the machine. Set your printer to print at actual size rather than scaling, and run a test on plain paper before committing real stock.
Three per page makes alignment more sensitive than single check formats, because an offset that looks minor at the top of the sheet compounds by the third check. Test carefully before running a full batch.
Three quantities are available, and the saving scales steeply.
100 sheets. Around $0.80 per check.
250 sheets. Around $0.44 per check, our best value option.
500 sheets. Around $0.30 per check.
Stepping from 100 to 500 cuts your per check cost by well over half. No code or promotion is needed, since the saving is built into the quantity you select.
Blank stock rewards ordering ahead more than any other format, because the paper is not tied to a specific bank account. A larger order commits you to nothing except paper, so the only consideration is storage. Factor in your magnetic ink cost when comparing against pre-printed stock, since that is an ongoing expense blank printing carries and pre-printed does not.
Blank stock carries its security in the paper rather than the printing, because the printing has not happened yet. These sheets include many security features as standard, and a Security Features option is available during ordering if you want to review what is included.
Twenty color options are available, so the finished check does not have to look like plain white paper. Color choice carries more weight with blank stock than with pre-printed, because everything else on the check comes from your printer rather than from us. The paper is the only part of the appearance we control.
Storage discipline is worth attention too. Unprinted check stock is not tied to any account, which makes it a more attractive target than a box of pre-printed checks. Keep it locked away, log the sheets you hold, and reconcile against what you have printed. With three checks to a sheet, count sheets rather than checks when you audit.
This is the strongest argument for blank stock and the reason most businesses switch to it.
With pre-printed checks, every bank account needs its own box. Three accounts means three boxes, three reorder cycles, and three sets of stock to track. With blank stock, one supply covers all of them because the account details come from your software at the moment of printing.
That suits businesses running multiple entities, holding separate operating and payroll accounts, or managing client trust accounts where the separation is a requirement rather than a preference. Combined with three checks to a sheet, it is the most economical way to serve several accounts from one paper supply.
Four formats are available so you can match whatever your software expects.
Three per page is the most economical. Blank checks on top place a single check body at the head of the sheet, the most widely used configuration. Blank checks in middle position it centrally with usable space above and below. Blank checks on bottom place it at the foot so the upper portion separates cleanly.
Browse everything at blank checks. If you are replacing stock you already print on, compare against a finished check rather than guessing at the format.
The same three to a page layout exists across our other ranges if blank stock is not the right fit.
Printing from QuickBooks? See QuickBooks checks 3 on a page. Using Xero? See Xero checks 3 on a page. Other accounting software? Computer checks 3 on a page cover the standard layouts.
Writing by hand? Manual business checks come in binder formats needing no printer, ink or software. Need checks on a personal account? See personal checks, or compare every format at business checks.
Blank stock needs less from you than pre-printed checks, because your bank details are added by your own software rather than by us.
Tell us the format you need, your color preference, and your quantity. There is also an Additional Comments or Instructions field at checkout if your setup has particular requirements worth flagging before we ship.
Mailing the checks you print? Add double window envelopes to the same order, sized so the payee and address show through correctly without refolding. An endorsement stamp speeds up the back of the check when depositing.
We have printed business checks since 1997. That is nearly three decades of doing one thing rather than maintaining a broad catalog, and it shows in the paper we supply. Security features are standard on every sheet.
Orders are placed online through a secure checkout, which keeps processing quick and accurate. We accept all major credit cards and PayPal. Sales tax applies only to orders within New York State, and businesses holding an exemption can email the form after checkout. Customer reviews from verified buyers appear further down this page.
Questions before ordering? Email sales@checksnextday.com, read more about Checks Next Day, or browse our frequently asked questions.
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