Michael F. Cronin, CPA
                              687 Lee Road, Ste 210
                               Rochester, NY 14606
                                  407-448-2407
                             email MIKECCPA@AOL.COM






                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



The Board of Directors
Document Security Systems, Inc.

        We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
on Form S-3 of Document Security Systems, Inc. of our report dated February 21,
2003 and September 15, 2003, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Document Security Systems, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and
2001, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity and cash flows for each of the years in the two year period ended
December 31, 2002, which report appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A of
Document Security Systems, Inc. and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the prospectus.


January 16, 2004