1. A method comprising: receiving a digital image of a surface of a check, wherein a fingerprint is impressed on the surface of the check, the digital image including a fingerprint image; using the fingerprint image to determine an initial match score for the fingerprint; calculating a fingerprint image quality metric of the fingerprint image, the fingerprint image quality metric being a number based on at least one or more changes made to the fingerprint image; adjusting the initial match score based on the fingerprint image quality metric to create an adjusted match score; and presenting an alert based on the adjusted match score.