computer 120 as shown in fig1 through 2 b the interface station 110 also referred to as a kiosk 110 or a check printing machine 110 may include a housing 112 an input device 113 a display 114 a printer 115 a camera 116 and a lockable access door 117 the printer 115 is preferably encased in the housing 112 a processor 118 may also be included inside the housing 112 and paper 119 may be inside the housing 112 so that the printer 115 may print indicia on the paper 119 the processor 118 the printer 115 and the paper 119 may be selectively accessed through the lockable access door 117 such as for maintenance and re supply purposes the processor 118 is in communication with the input device 113 the printer 115 and the display 114 as shown in fig3 and the processor 118 preferably includes software for communicating between the interface station 110 and the remote computer 120 and for using data from the input device 113 and the remote computer 120 to control the printer 115 as will be described in more detail below the paper 119 may include blank check stock and the indicia may include check data this allows the printer 115 to print actual paychecks or reimbursement checks on the spot without the need to stock form checks as such it is inexpensive to change check formats such as to update company name or address information and there is less incentive for someone to break into the housing 112 and steal the paper 119 the paper 119 may also include multipurpose paper and the indicia may include account data this enables the printer 115 to print information related to a user 39.