**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**Certifications**

 

I, Coley Clark, certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form10-Q of BancTec, Inc;

 

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, this report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material factnecessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

3.                                       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport.

 

4.                                       The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I areresponsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for theregistrant and have: 
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|   |        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;                              |
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|   |        b) 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                                                                                                                      |
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|   |        c) 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 (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of  an annual report) 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(s) and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofthe registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):
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|   |       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 data; and |
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|   |       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:  November 15,  2004 | /s/ Coley Clark                          |   |
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|                                | *Coley Clark*                            |
| * *                            | *President and Chief Executive  Officer* |

 

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