Small businesses and even individuals with a lot of checking activity could benefit from printing their own checks. Printing your own checks increases your security, provides flexibility to change accounts without worrying about pre-printed checks and provides convenience for business needs. In order to successfully print checks and have them accepted by banks you need to use MICR toner. MICR or Magnetic Ink Character Recognition toner uses magnetic ink and special fonts to create information on the check line that machines can read. MICR is used to print accounting and routing information at the bottom of bank checks and other negotiable instruments. Click Here to read our article about MICR toner and it's uses.