# Configuring Outsourced Check Payments
### Abstract
Check payments remain a critical option for businesses that need an alternative to electronic transfers. With *Charted*, you can streamline this process through outsourced check processing. Instead of managing check stock, printing, and mailing in-house, our system handles it for you — securely printing and mailing checks directly to your vendors.
This article outlines the steps for enabling and configuring the *Check* payment method in *Charted*. It covers how to input business information, upload a check logo and signature, and determine whether a check should be available during payee onboarding.
### Enable Check Payment Method
After enabling *ACH*, the next step is to set up the *Check* payment method. This process requires additional configuration, including entering check details and visual assets that will appear on printed checks.
Follow these steps to configure offsite check printing:
1. To begin, click the **Setup** button next to **Pay via Check**. This opens the **Pay via Check** configuration page:\
2. On this page, the first step is to enable the method. Use the toggle button to turn the check payment method on (**Enabled)**. Once enabled, you’ll see the **Company Information on Check** section appear. These fields are required for printed checks:\
3. Enter your business name (e.g., **John Doe's Business**) in the **Business Name** field, which will be displayed on the actual **Check**. Next, fill in your full address — including **Address**, **City**, **State**, and **Zip Code** — in the appropriate fields:\
4. After that, upload your **Check Logo**. The logo must be in **GIF or JPEG** format, and the recommended size is 2 x 2 inches:\
5. Then upload a **Signature** image, which is required for printing on checks. The file must be a **PNG**, as that is the only supported format for this field:\
6. Finally, configure the **Payee Onboarding option**. This toggle determines whether the Check payment method will appear as a selectable option during the payee's onboarding process. When the **Allow As Payee Preferred Payment Method** option is **Enabled**, then vendors will be able to select **Check** as a preferred payment method during onboarding:\
7. If the **Allow As Payee Preferred Payment Method** option is **Disabled**, **Check** will not appear as an option during onboarding, but the method can still be used manually by the business entity:\
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It’s important to note that this setting is tied to the business entity and must be configured here in order to control vendor visibility during onboarding.
8. Finally, click the **Save** button to apply all changes. The status will update to **Pay via Check (Enabled)**:\
9. **With both ACH and Check now enabled**, vendors can select either option when receiving a pay invite, depending on what's allowed for the entity. If these methods are not enabled, they won't appear as options, and payments cannot be released using those methods:\
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This concludes the process of configuring outsourced **Check** printing in *Charted*.
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