Can I print payroll checks through quickbooks online?

Welcome, @jrgolf53 and thank you for coming to the QuickBooks Community for assistance. 

I'll be happy to explain how to print payroll checks through QuickBooks Online.

To print, follow these steps:

1. Select Workers from the left menu > Employees.
2. Select Paycheck List under Run payroll.
3. Select the paychecks you want to print. Change the date range if necessary
4. Click Print.
5. A PDF will open, then click the printer icon.

First, you'll need to set this up. You can find more information on this here.

Please keep me posted on your results with this here, the Community has you covered. Thanks again, I'll be standing by for your response.

Do payroll checks have to be printed locally?  Is there a third part processing option that can print the payroll checks so that I simply just have to run the payroll and the checks will be mailed to me?

Thanks for looping in, rclifton.

I'm here to provide you with some insight about printing payroll checks in QuickBooks Online.

Printing payroll checks and mailing them directly to you isn't currently offered in QuickBooks Online. If you wish to have a copy of your paychecks, you can download them and save as PDF.

I can definitely see how this feature would be useful. As a team with a massive roadmap, we have to pick new features based on the value they’ll add to the most users possible. I recommend sending this request straight to our product engineers through feedback. This will notify the Product Development Team that the option for printing payroll checks and mailing them would be beneficial to running your business.

We aren't able to tell when a feature will be available. We share recent happenings and future developments on our blog. Through this, you're able to get the latest news about QuickBooks and what our Product Care Team is working on. 

You can check out this article for more details: Print Paychecks.

For additional help, you can call our dedicated team who will be happy to assist you. Our contact details can be found here along with our opening hours:

1. Go to: https://help.quickbooks.intuit.com/en_US/contact.
2. Choose your QuickBooks Product.
3. Select your QuickBooks version.
4. On the Contact Us page, click a topic.
5. Click on the Get Phone Number button to see the support number.

Anytime you have questions about QuickBooks Online, you can post them here and I'd be happy to answer.

Sterling,

These instructions only allow printing a paystub, not a paycheck. The PDF that opens appears to be a check that can be printed but it doesn't contain the written amount line of the paycheck. Please advise.

Thanks for joining the Community, awarren,

 I'm here to help with printing your paycheck.

Online Payroll service supports several paycheck printing options. These are:

• Preprinted Check Stock
• Blank Check Stock (Not available for Full Service)
• Plain Paper

The data available when printing checks depends on the paycheck printing option you've currently using.

If you are using Preprinted check stock, the company and banking information will print on it.

If you are using the Blank Check Stock, the company and banking information will print on the stock along with the payee information in real time. This is to make sure that checks won't become obsolete if you change bank accounts.

However, you can use Plain Paper, if you want to print or reprint pay stubs for your employees.

If I may ask, may I know what specific paycheck printing options you're currently using?

I'll be looking forward to your reply. Have a great day!

Currently using full service payroll and printing paychecks on preprinted check stock. If you follow these steps, it will reprint what looks to be a check, however, it is missing payee and written amount data (which is not a check and not accepted as such). How do I check specific paycheck printing options in QBO?

Welcome to the Community, awarren.

I'd be glad to help walk you through in checking the options to print paychecks in QuickBooks Online.

You can go to Payroll Settings to check the paycheck option before printing them in QuickBooks Online.

Here's how: 

1. Click the Gear icon at the upper right corner and choose Payroll Settings.
2. Go to Preferences and click Paycheck Printing Settings.
3. Make sure that the Preprinted check stock is selected.
4. Hit OK.

This article is a good reference: https://community.intuit.com/articles/1762595-set-up-and-print-payroll-paychecks-and-pay-stubs.

You'll see some screenshots below outlining the steps above.

I'll be around here in the Community if you need more help with printing paychecks in QuickBooks. Have a wonderful day!

I'm not given the same appearance or options when I click the gear icon > printer settings. 

And accounting preferences only has options for account associations--no paycheck/check printing options. I do not see the image you see...

I called QBO full service payroll and got it taken care of. If using full service payroll, only Intuit/QuickBooks can edit paycheck preferences or settings.

Hello awarren,

I appreciate you for updating us regarding how your concern goes here in the Community. Allow me to help provide additional information about our contact information.

In case you need direct assistance from our Support Specialists in the future, I recommend bookmarking the link I recommend:

Contact the QuickBooks Online Customer Support team.

You can also visit our QuickBooks Blog website to stay up to date to any QBO updates, such as new options and features. Here's the link:

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/blog/.

As always, please don't hesitate to reach out to me with any concern you may have with using QuickBooks. The Community is always up to lend a hand.

I don't have "paycheck list" under payroll. How do I print a check?

Hello, @chelsea86.

Thanks for joining this thread. I can help provide an option about printing paycheck list in QuickBooks Online (QBO). 

Did you follow the steps provided by SterlingD when printing paycheck list? If the Paycheck List doesn't appear on the Workers option, you can use the Report tab instead. 

Here's how: 

1. In the left tab menu, select Reports.
2. Search or Type-in Paycheck List.
3. Select the paychecks you’d like to print.
4. Click Print. 

If the same thing happens, let's open your browser in incognito/private mode to check if it caused by a browser. Also, this mode doesn't use the existing cache data files to load a webpage. 

Here are the keyboard shortcuts to open a private browser: 

• Google Chrome: press Ctrl+Shift+N 
• Mozilla Firefox: press Ctrl+Shift+P 
• Internet Explorer: press Ctrl+Shift+P 
• Safari: press Command+Shift+N

If it works fine with a private browser, I suggest clearing your browser's cache to start fresh. The next time you log in to QuickBooks Online, your browser will download fresh copies of everything you see on each page. Any cache-related issues should be cleared up. 

For additional reference, you can check this article on how to set up and print payroll paychecks and pay stubs. 

Please let me know how it goes. I'll be around to help if you have any other problem when printing paycheck list. Have a good day! 

i'm trying to just print my first paycheck using quickbooks online and it brings up a pdf form that looks just like a paystub only...i just want to print a paycheck on a regular check like I did before on quickbooks desktop.  Why is it so not user friendly.

Hi there, lblack.

The Paycheck Printing Settings may have been set to Plain paper stub. I suggest changing it and choosing Preprinted QuickBooks®-compatible voucher check stock. This, way the paycheck will print that way you want it.

Here's how:

Please know that you're always welcome to post if you have any other concerns. Wishing you and your business continued success.

Hi i ran payroll for the first time today but somehow skipped the check printing part!!! Is there any way to reprint the payroll checks with the same check number?

Thanks for checking in with us, shadowfaxroofing.

The option to reprint the payroll checks with the same check number is unavailable in QuickBooks Online (QBO). However, you can always re-print the paychecks using your check stock on your printer. 

Here's how:

1. Go to Reports on the left side menu. 
2. From the search icon at the left corner, type Paycheck List. 
3. Select the paycheck you want to print by putting a checkmark in the box.
4. Tick the Print button. Then it will appear in the PDF viewer.
5. Tap the printer icon in the PDF viewer.
6. Choose your printer in the Destination drop-down.
7. Press Print.

For more details about this one, check out this article: Print paychecks in QuickBooks Online. 

I've got a link here that provides you with articles about managing your payroll: Pay employees, enter timesheets, and send payroll forms.

Keep me posted if you need a hand with running payroll reports or any QBO related. I'll be here to help. Take care always. 

Hi I've printed payroll as indicated on thread above, but it does not update the check numbers... I also inadvertantely printed from a different account (cash not checking) how do i change which account coming from?

Good job for trying out the steps given by my colleagues above, beldauto. 

In editing the bank account on the paycheck, we'll have to delete and recreate it. We can also update the Check Number as well when recreating one.

Here's how to delete a paycheck: 

1. Go to the Workers menu and select Employees. 
2. Click on Paycheck list at the upper-right.
3. Select the Paycheck and click Delete. 

 Then, we can recreate the paycheck and enter the correct Bank and Check Number.

On the other hand, if we want to just update the Check Number we can edit it without dleting and recreating a paycheck. If we're unable to do, we can do a browser troubleshooting steps. You can follow the steps given by my colleague @JanyRoseB. 

Let me know on how this works. Take care always!

Ok Yay it worked now.... I have checks that already have the numbers on them and the border now what? Help

Hi @fhbpropane,

If you wish to reprint your paychecks using preprinted paychecks, you can continue with the printing process. Let me walk you through how.

1. Go to Workers, then Employees.
2. Under Run payroll, choose Paycheck list.
3. Select the paychecks you'd like to print. Then, Print.
4. A PDF file window will open, click the Printer icon.
5. Hit Print.

You can see this article for details about printing paychecks in QuickBooks Online. We also have a guide on employees and payroll that I'm sure you'll find helpful.

That'll do it. Keep in touch if you need help with anything else. We're always here to lend a hand. Thanks for joining us today; we wish your business continued success.

Can I mail them through quickbooks like I do my vendors?

Thank you for joining this thread, hartfordwater-ya,

 I can see that you posted this question twice in the Intuit Community forum. Please refer to the response I posted on the duplicate post through this link: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/reports-and-accounting/can-i-have-quickbooks-mail-....

Don't hesitate to post again if there's anything else you need. We're always open to help you with an QuickBooks issues you may be having.

Thank you and stay safe!

What service do we need to be able to print on a blank check with paystub? 

Thank you for joining the thread, @titletownmma.

I can share with you some insights about QuickBooks and how the system works with printing checks and paystubs.

Usually, all QuickBooks/Payroll plans offer printing checks and stay stubs. Just ensure you have created paychecks to print them. For now, you may choose the plan that best for your business needs. For the plans and their features, I recommend checking out these links:

• Choose from our newest payroll services QBO
• QuickBooks Payroll Services and Features for QuickBooks Desktop

Moreover, here are some of our help articles wherein you can read more about printing checks or pay stubs:

• Printing Checks and Pay Stubs
• Print pay stubs in QuickBooks Online
• Print pay stubs in QuickBooks Desktop

If you have any other questions about payroll checks, please let me know by adding a comment below. I'm more than happy to help. Have a good day!