Mike on a different tack, have you looked at electronic Funds Transfer?
Sure saves paper, printing, handling and mailing.  it may not work
conveniently out of a 3000, but you could download a file to a PC and
use a service liike Check Free.  The same service is avilable from
most banks.  Let me know if you want more information.

Nick D. (Yes, we are getting yo yhe aperless society)

Dobies, Mike wrote:
>
> We currently produce hundreds of checks that need to be done separately
> via manual checks.  Soon we will be hundreds or possibly thousands more.
> <snip>
> To give you an idea of the insanity, we are required to submit a
> separate check for each payment back to 'joe customer'.  When we will
> have a couple of thousand offenders in 'joe customer', which alone will
> generate 300-400 checks per month to the same agency.  The volume is
> enormous.
>
> <snip>
> We have a system coming which will handle this, but I may need a quick
> fix
> to handle this a little easier before the new system is in place.
>
> Any ideas.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael A. Dobies
> BI, Incorporated
> (907)458-7890