Printing paychecks and using Direct Deposit

Printing paychecks and using Direct Deposit

Problem

You pay some employees with Direct Deposit and some with paper checks. When finalizing payroll, you are prompted to either print the checks or assign check numbers. You are not given the option to print the paper checks and assign numbers,or letters, to the Direct Deposit checks. (This appears to be a QuickBooks bug.) Below are some possible workarounds:

Solution A:
Create two Payroll Schedules, one for Direct Deposit employees and one for Paper Paychecks. When processing payroll for the Direct Deposit employees, select Assign Check Numbers and enter DD in the Check Number field. When processing payroll for the Paper Paychecks, select to the printed. Follow the prompts to print the paychecks,

Solution B:

Select Assign Check Numbers when prompted and enter DD in the Check Number field. Then manually open each paper paycheck and print it. This works well if most of your employees use Direct Deposit.

Or 

Select To Be Printed when prompted, but only print the Paper Paychecks. Then edit each DD paycheck and manually deselect To Be Printed and type "DD" in the Check Number Field. This works well if most of your employees get paper checks.

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