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# Overview, Prerequisites & Preparing Bill Payments
### **Abstract**
**Check Printing** is a standalone bundle that integrates with other **Charted** payment tools or operates independently. It allows users to prepare and approve bill payments for check processing directly within *NetSuite*. Once a bill payment is marked for printing and approved, the check can be generated and printed using the assigned configuration.
This article explains how to prepare bill payments for check printing in *NetSuite* and send them to **On-Premise Check Printing**.
### Preparing and Approving Bill Payments
Preparing and approving bill payments involves marking selected bills for check printing and completing any required approval steps before checks can be printed.
Follow these steps to create and approve bill payments:
1. First, hover over the **Transactions** menu, then **Payables**, and select the **Pay Bills** option, which will take you to the **Bill Payments** section:\
2. On this page, select the bills you want to pay, check the **TO BE PRINTED** box so that check printing can pick up the bill, and then click the **Save** button:\
3. Next, the **Processed Bill Payments** page will show the status of the Bill Payment. It can take a couple minutes depending on how many bills were created. Press refresh to see the status. \
4. Once finished, the **STATUS** column will display **(Complete)**, and the **NUMBER** column will show **(To Be Printed)**, meaning the number will be assigned when that check is printed:\
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a. Once these bills are created and you have approvals on your account, you'll have to approve the bill payment. You can view all pending bill payments by clicking Transactions > Payables > Pay Bills > List > View > Approve. You can also click on the **To Be Printed** link and press **Submit for Approval**.\
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This concludes the overview and process of preparing and approving bill payments using the **Check Printing bundle**.
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