With a common software program and some check stationery, the document provided all he needed to print checks in his victims' names - and it was all made available, with some fanfare, by the county recorder's office.

The company, which prints checks and provides software and marketing services for banks, said it would streamline its check-printing business and its marketing efforts.

It prints checks and reminds the user to pay bills on time.

Companies that print and transport checks are edging into other businesses.

Because of the high level of microscopic detail that can be achieved by a master engraver, counterfeiting of engraved designs is well-nigh impossible, and modern banknotes are almost always engraved, as are plates for printing money, checks, bonds and other security-sensitive papers.

DELUXE CORP., St. Paul, which prints checks, business forms and greeting cards, said it had agreed to sell its T/Maker software subsidiary to Broderbund Software Inc., Novato, Calif.

The subconsole will now get this message when ready to print checks:

Within that could be standalone executables or libraries for tasks such as signing on and off employees or printing checks.

The Xerox Corporation said today that it was introducing a desktop laser printer to print checks encoded with magnetic ink that can be read almost flawlessly by bank data processing systems.

He printed checks with peace signs on them and placed a giant peace sign on the roof of his bank's headquarters.