Compare Cheqify with manual cheque writing. See how cheque printing software saves time, prevents errors, and eliminates bounces for Indian businesses.
Cheqify Team
April 7, 2026
Step-by-step guide to printing cheques at home using Cheqify. Learn what you need, how to set up, and start printing error-free cheques in minutes.
Learn step-by-step how to reconcile issued cheques with your bank statements to avoid discrepancies, catch errors early, and keep your accounts audit-ready.
Avoid these 5 common cheque printing mistakes that lead to bounced cheques, bank penalties, and wasted time for Indian businesses.
What is cheque lifecycle management, why Indian SMBs lose money without it, and how Cheqify covers all five stages — issuance, printing, tracking, reconciliation, and archive — in one platform. Full 2026 explainer.
Printing 20, 50, or 200 cheques by hand is the productivity sink most Indian SMBs accept silently. This guide shows how to set up bulk cheque printing — from importing a payee list to printing the full batch in one click — using Cheqify, and what to check before you run the first print.
Every field on an Indian cheque, in the order you actually fill it in. Date, payee, amount in figures, amount in words, signature, crossing. Bank-approved phrasing, common traps, and exactly what the RBI and your branch manager will reject if you get it wrong.
Out of cheque leaves? You don't need a branch visit. Here's the one flow that works at every Indian bank — log in, Service Requests, pick leaves, confirm address — plus the exact channels at SBI, HDFC, ICICI, Axis and Kotak, the pre-checks that stop failed requests, what delivery really takes, and the leaf-tracking habit that means you never run dry again.
First, the myth: you do NOT need a MICR printer in India — the magnetic band comes pre-printed on your bank's leaves. What you need is a printer that puts crisp, permanent text exactly where the layout says. Here's the full hardware guide: why mono laser beats inkjet for cheques, the custom paper-size handling that actually matters, the driver settings that keep alignment honest, and the maintenance habits that prevent jammed leaves.
Cash payroll feels simple until the law prices it: salary paid in cash above ₹10,000 a day per person is a disallowed expense under Section 40A(3), and wage-law notifications increasingly mandate cheque or bank payment outright. Here's the SMB guide to running payroll on cheques: the Payment of Wages Act rules, the payday deadlines, what a bounced salary cheque triggers, the wage-register habits, and how to print twenty salary cheques in minutes.
A director's title doesn't sign cheques — the bank mandate does. Here's who can legally sign on a business account across proprietorships, partnerships, companies, and LLPs: how the board resolution creates signing authority, when two signatures become mandatory, what "for and on behalf of" actually protects, why Section 138 prosecutes the signatory alongside the company, and the clean way to add or remove a signatory.
The "Rupees" line is where cheques go wrong: a words line that disagrees with the figures is one of India's most routine cheque-return reasons, even though Section 18 of the NI Act says the words prevail. Here are the rules banks actually apply — start at "Rupees" with no gap, Indian numbering, "and X Paise", end with "Only", "/-" after the figures — with worked examples from ₹500 to ₹1.5 crore, and the free converter that writes the line for you.
A post-dated cheque in the drawer is money you've earned but can't spend — and salary day doesn't read paper. Cheque discounting converts that cheque into cash today, minus a fee, while the financier waits for the date. Here's the SMB guide: how the trade works, what it costs, how it differs from bill discounting and TReDS, who qualifies, and the with-recourse clause that keeps the bounce risk on your books.
