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                                                             Exhibit 10(x)(viii)

                                PROMISSORY NOTE

                                   QMS, Inc.


                                                 Funding Date:  February 4, 2000
Principal Amount:  U.S. $10,000,000
Lender:  Minolta Co., Ltd.

For value received, the undersigned, QMS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of the Lender set forth above (the
"Lender"), the Principal Amount of ten million Dollars ($10,000,000), or, if
less, the unpaid principal amount of the Additional Loan (as defined in the Loan
Agreement referred to below) of the Lender to the Borrower made on the Funding
Date set forth above (the "Loan"), payable in thirty-five (35) equal
installments of two hundred seventy-seven thousand eight hundred Dollars
($277,800) due on the tenth (10th day) of each calendar month starting on the
full calendar month next succeeding the first anniversary of the Funding Date
set forth above until January 10, 2004 and the Borrower shall repay the entire
unpaid principal amount of the Loan on February 10, 2004.

The Borrower also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the
Loan from the date hereof until paid at the rates (which shall not exceed the
maximum rate permitted by applicable law) and at the times determined in
accordance with the provisions of that certain Amended and Restated Loan
Agreement, dated as of November 10, 1999, by and between the Lender and the
Borrower (including, without limitation, all annexes, exhibits and schedules
thereto and as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from
time to time, the "Loan Agreement").

This Promissory Note is issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of,
the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, to which reference is hereby
made for a more complete statement of the terms and conditions under which the
Additional Loan evidenced hereby are made and are to be repaid.  Capitalized
terms defined in the Loan Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used
herein with the meanings so defined.

All payments of principal and interest in respect of this Promissory Note shall
be made to the Lender not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date
and at the place due, to the Lender's account in lawful money of the United
States of America in same day funds.

This Promissory Note may be prepaid at the option of the Borrower as provided in
Section 2.4 (Optional Prepayments) of the Loan Agreement and must be prepaid in
accordance with such section.

The Loan Agreement and this Promissory Note shall be governed by, and shall be
construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

Upon the occurrence of any one or more of certain Events of Default, the unpaid
balance of the principal amount of this Promissory Note may become, and upon the
occurrence and continuation of any one or more of certain other Events of
Default, such unpaid balance may be declared to be, due and payable in the
manner, upon the conditions and with the effect provided in the Loan Agreement.

No reference herein to the Loan Agreement and no provisions of this Promissory
Note, the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall alter or impair the
obligation of the Borrower, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and interest on this Promissory Note at the place, at the
respective times, and in the currency herein prescribed.

The Borrower promises to pay all costs and expenses, including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements incurred in the
collection and enforcement of this Promissory Note or any appeal of a judgment
rendered thereon all in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Agreement.
Time is of the
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essence in respect of this Promissory Note. The Borrower hereby waives
diligence, presentment, protest, demand and notice of every kind except as
required pursuant to the Loan Agreement and to the full extent permitted by law
the right to plead any statute of limitations as a defense to any demands
hereunder.

This Promissory Note is secured by certain of the Loan Documents, and reference
is made to such Loan Documents for the terms and conditions governing the
collateral security for the Obligations of the Borrower hereunder.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Promissory Note to be executed
in Mobile, Alabama, in the United States of America and delivered by its duly
authorized officer, as of the day and year and at the place first above written.

QMS, Inc.

By:  /s/ Edward E. Lucente
Name:  Edward E. Lucente
Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President