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Harland Signs Check Printing Agreement

ATLANTA (August 30, 1996) John H. Harland Company (NYSE: JH) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Artistic Greetings Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARTG) to print 100 percent of Artistic's check orders. This seven-year agreement will initially generate approximately $20 million in annual revenue for Harland and will be produced in two existing Harland facilities. Currently, Harland produces 25 percent of all Artistic check orders.

"The opportunity to produce all of Artistic's check orders comes at an exciting time for Harland, " said Robert J. Amman, Harland's president and chief executive officer. "We are in the process of re-engineering our check printing infrastructure and will be able to deliver, through advanced technology and systems developments, improved quality and better service for all of our customers."

Artistic Greetings sells, markets and manufactures a broad range of personalized products such as bank checks and name and address products. The items are sold via newspapers, direct mailings and magazines throughout the United States.

"We are pleased to expand our relationship with such a well-established and highly experienced check printer, " said Joseph A. Calabro, president and chief executive officer of Artistic. "Working with Harland over the past year has shown that check personalization is most effectively accomplished by a company which has proven expertise in check printing."

In regard to Harland's direct check business, The Check Store, Inc., the decision has been made to cease any new advertising and to wind down this operation. "We believe curtailing advertising expenditures at The Check Store allows us to strengthen our focus on the financial institution market, " said Amman. "Helping our financial institution clients build strong relationships with their customers is clearly more supportive of our long-term strategy than competing in the direct check market."

Harland is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "JH." An S&P 500 company, Harland is a leading supplier of checks, database marketing services and loan automation software to the financial industry.



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