17 Work with APACS Check Format
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17.1 Working with the APACS Check Format
The Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS) is the governing body for check printing standards in the United Kingdom. Businesses in the United Kingdom are required to issue checks according to the most current APACS standards.
You can use J.D. Edwards localized software to print checks that are formatted to APACS standards. As required by APACS, when you use the localized Print Accounts Payable Payments - APACS Checks (P04572U1), you can use processing options to specify:
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Whether the payee name prints above or below the amount in words
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Whether to print or omit the payee's address on the check, such as for use in a window envelope
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Whether to print the amount (in words) in boxes or as one string
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The translation program that you want the system to use to print the amount in words
In addition, the checks that you print comply to the following APACS standards:
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The payee name field is completed by a string of asterisks
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The amount printed in figures is prefixed and suffixed by asterisks
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A hyphen prints in place of the decimal character
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Thousands separators are omitted from the amount printed in figures
17.1.1 Example 1: APACS Check Format
In the following example, the processing options are set to omit the address and print the payee's name below the amount in words.
17.1.2 Example 2: APACS Check Format
In the following example, the processing options are set to print the address and print the payee's name above the amount in words.
Figure 17-2 APACS Check Format (Payee's Name Above Amount)
Description of "Figure 17-2 APACS Check Format (Payee's Name Above Amount)"
17.1.3 Example 3: APACS Check Format
In the following example, the processing options are set to print the address and print the payee's name below the amount in words.
Figure 17-3 APACS Check Format (Address and Payee Below Amount)
Description of "Figure 17-3 APACS Check Format (Address and Payee Below Amount)"
17.1.4 Example 4: APACS Check Format
In the following example, the processing options are set to print the amount in words in one string.
17.1.5 What You Should Know About
| Program | Explanation |
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| Specifying a translation program for checks | When you write APACS checks, verify that processing option 6 corresponds to the translation program that you select in processing option 5 of the Print A/P Payments - UK program (P04572U1).
For example, if you specify a version of P04572U1, such as ZJDE0001, that prints the check amount in boxes (processing option 6 is blank), enter translation program X00500U1 in processing option 5. Similarly, if you specify a version of P04572U1, such as ZJDE0002, that prints the check amount in a string (processing option 6 is 1), enter translation program X00500U in processing option 5. |