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 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:  8/4/2006
                                                     /s/ Charles B. Carden
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                                                     Charles B. Carden
                                                     Senior Vice President and
                                                     Chief Financial Officer