Exhibit 32.2

                                  CERTIFICATION


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

         (i) the  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q of the  Company  for the period
ended June 30, 2004 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       August 16, 2004          /s/    Peter H. Stelling
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                                    Peter H. Stelling
                                    Chief Financial Officer, Vice President
                                    and Treasurer