Exhibit 31.2


                         RULE 13a-14(a) CERTIFICATION IN
                           ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 302
                        OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Charles B. Carden, Chief Financial Officer of John H. Harland Company (the
"Company"), certify that:

  1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the
        Company;

  2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
        statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
        necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
        circumstances under which such statements were made, not
        misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

  3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
        financial information included in this report, fairly present
        in all material respects the financial condition, results of
        operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,
        the periods presented in this report;

  4.    The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
        responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
        controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
        13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
        reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
        15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

        a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
           such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
           our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to
           the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
           made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
           during the period in which this report is being prepared;

        b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
           caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
           designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
           assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
           the preparation of financial statements for external purposes
           in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

        c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
           controls and procedures and presented in this report our
           conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
           and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
           report based on such evaluation; and

        d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
           internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
           the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has
           materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
           affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
           reporting; and






  5.    The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
        based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
        financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and to the
        audit committee of the registrant's board of directors:

        a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
           design or operation of internal control over financial
           reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
           registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
           financial information; and

        b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
           other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
           internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  5/9/2006
                                                      /s/ Charles B. Carden
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                                                     Charles B. Carden
                                                     Senior Vice President and
                                                     Chief Financial Officer