EXHIBIT - 32.2
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                                  CERTIFICATION


     I, Peter Stelling, the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of
Scan-Optics, Inc. (the "Company") certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

          (i) the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the period ended
          December 31, 2003 fully complies with the requirements of Section
          13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (ii) the information contained in such Quarterly Report fairly
          presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and
          results of operations of the Company.

Date     March 30, 2004                  By: /  ss/
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                                             Peter Stelling
                                             Chief Financial Officer and
                                             Vice President