Online value bearing item printing

An on-line system for printing a value bearing item (VBI) comprising:

• a user printer for printing the VBI;
• a client subsystem for interfacing with a user comprising;
• a display monitor for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI);
• a printers database including top, center, or bottom feed information of a plurality of printers;
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• a controller for activating a printing wizard for managing the printing of the VBI by the user printer, the controller is configured to access the printers database and when feed information of the user printer is in the printers database, the controller is further configured to control the user printer to print a first quality assurance indicium, and to display on the display monitor a second quality assurance indicium, wherein the printing wizard includes a user interface and the controller is further configured to accept user feedback from the user interface about whether the printed first quality assurance indicium compares correctly to the displayed second quality assurance indicium, and when the user feedback input from the user interface indicates that the first quality assurance indicium compares correctly, the controller is further configured to upload the feed information for the user printer from the printers database and to control the user printer to print the VBI;
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• a server subsystem for communicating an authorization to the client subsystem over a computer network for authorizing the client subsystem to print the VBI.