By default ChequeMaster does not ask which printer to use — it sends the job to whatever Windows has set as default and prints. That is deliberate: when you are working through a stack of cheques, a dialog on every one gets old fast.
It becomes a problem the moment your default is not the printer with the cheques in it.
Turn the printer chooser back on
- Open Settings from the left navigation.
- Find Enable Silent Print.
- Switch it off.
- Click Save Settings.
From now on each print opens the standard Windows print dialog, where you pick the printer and tray before the cheque goes anywhere.
Which way round should you leave it?
It depends on your setup, and both answers are reasonable:
- Silent print on suits a dedicated cheque printer that stays loaded. Fastest for bulk runs, and nothing to click.
- Silent print off suits a shared office printer, or a PC with several printers installed. Slower per cheque, but you cannot accidentally send a cheque to the wrong tray.
If you print cheques rarely, leave it off. The cost of one wasted cheque leaf outweighs the clicks.
Setting the Windows default instead
To keep silent print on but change where it goes, change the Windows default: Settings → Bluetooth & devices → Printers & scanners, pick the printer, and choose Set as default.
Windows has a habit of switching your default to whichever printer you used last. If cheques start appearing on the wrong printer for no obvious reason, that setting is where to look — there is a "Let Windows manage my default printer" option that causes exactly this.
A note on printer choice
ChequeMaster works with laser, inkjet, deskjet and all-in-one printers, so there is no need to buy anything special. What matters more than the technology is that the printer feeds the cheque consistently — a tray that grips slightly differently each time will shift your alignment cheque to cheque, and no software setting fixes that. A straight paper path and a snug tray guide are worth more than resolution here.
If output is landing in the wrong place rather than on the wrong printer, that is an alignment problem instead — see fixing cheque printing alignment.
