Mark Ristig

The Heath MicroChek Press from Heath Custom Press, Auburn, Wash., can produce pocket checks, laser checks, pegboard checks, three-to-a-page checks, duplicate checks, internal bank documents and payment coupons. "No other press available has been designed specifically for the MICR printing market," said Mark Ristig, president. "Virtually every press ever built by Heath Custom Press is still printing checks today." The Heath MicroChek press features a two-roller ink system that continuously mills ink, programmable controls that guide the press through a pre-determined sequence, a photo-ßelectric check/deposit slip discriminator and a quick-change plate system featuring a stop-at-home function that halts the plate cylinder in the exact