EXHIBIT 10.7.2

                           AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT, (this "Amendment") is made as of the 29th
day of September, 1996, among QUAD SYSTEMS CORPORATION ("Quad"), a Delaware
corporation, HITECH FINANCE COMPANY ("HiTech"), a Delaware corporation, TRIMARK
INVESTMENT CORP. ("TriMark"), a Delaware corporation, and QUAD LEASING CORP.
("Leasing"), a Delaware corporation (Quad, HiTech, TriMark and Leasing are each
hereinafter referred to as a "Borrower" and collectively as the "Borrowers"),
SUMMIT BANK (formerly known as United Jersey Bank) ("Summit"), a banking
corporation of the State of New Jersey, CORESTATES BANK, N.A. ("CoreStates"), a
national banking association (CoreStates and Summit shall be referred to
individually herein as a "Bank" and collectively as the "Banks"), and Summit, as
agent for the Bank (Summit, in its capacity as agent for the Banks shall be
referred to herein as the "Agent").

                                   BACKGROUND

     A. The Banks, the Agent and the Borrowers executed a Loan Agreement dated
as of December 4, 1995 (the "Original Loan Agreement"), pursuant to which the
Banks made available to the Borrowers a revolving credit facility in the maximum
principal amount of Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000.00) (the "Revolving
Credit").

     B. The Revolving Credit is evidenced by two Revolving Credit Notes each in
the face amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) (the "Note"). The
Original Loan Agreement as amended herein and from time to time hereafter shall
be referred to herein as the "Loan Agreement."

     C. The Banks and the Agent presently hold the Loan Agreement, the Notes and
the other Loan Documents (as such term is defined in the Loan Agreement) and is
legally entitled to enforce collection of the indebtedness evidenced thereby in
accordance with the terms thereof.

     D. The Borrowers have asked that the Banks and the Agent make Loans in
certain foreign currencies and otherwise amend the Loan Agreement. Subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Banks and the Agent have agreed
to amend the Original Loan Agreement as set forth herein.

     E. All terms capitalized but not defined herein shall have the meanings
given to such terms in the Loan Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and 


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intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1. The Borrowers, the Banks and the Agent agree to modify the terms and
conditions of Borrowers' obligations to the Banks and the Agent and the
obligations of each Bank to the Borrowers under the Loan Agreement in accordance
with the terms and conditions set forth herein. The parties hereto agree that
all the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement shall continue unchanged and
remain in full force and effect except as amended herein as follows

          a. The following definitions in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement are
     hereby amended to read as follows:

         "LIBO Interest Period" means, for each LIBO Loan or Foreign Currency
         Loan, a period of time, beginning on an Effective Date, of one, two,
         three or six months in length (as such periods are commonly used),
         selected by a Borrower by telephone or in writing (and if by telephone,
         confirmed by such Borrower promptly thereafter in writing), during
         which the Interest Rate is the Adjusted LIBO Rate. If a LIBO Interest
         Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such
         LIBO Interest Period shall be extended to the next Business Day, unless
         such Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which event
         such LIBO Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding
         Business Day.

         "LIBO Loan" means any Loan denominated in Dollars to which the Adjusted
         LIBO Rate is applicable having the same LIBO Interest Period.

         "LIBO Rate" means, with respect to each Interest Period pertaining to a
         LIBO Loan or a Foreign Currency Loan, the rate per annum (rounded
         upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16 of 1%) determined by the
         Agent equal to the quotient of either:

                  (a) in the case of a LIBO Loan, the rate of interest per annum
         determined by the Agent in accordance with its usual procedures (which
         determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) to be the
         average of London interbank offered rates set forth on the "LIBO" page
         of Telerate (or appropriate successor or, if Telerate or its successor
         ceases to provide such quotes, a comparable replacement determined by
         the Agent) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, or

                  (b) in the case of a Foreign Currency Loan, the rate quoted by
         Telerate (for Loans denominated in Yen, Francs, 

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          Deutsche Marks or Sterling) for deposits in the relevant Foreign
          Currency, two London Business Days prior to the beginning of such
          Interest Period at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time,

          in each case for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for
          the number of days comprised therein and in an amount equal to the
          amount of such Loan, divided by (b) a number equal to 1.00 minus the
          Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement on the day which is two London
          Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period.

          "Loan" means each advance under the Revolving Credit and shall refer
          to each Base rate Loan, LIBO Loan and Foreign Currency Loan.

          "London Business Day" means any Business Day on which dealings in the
          interbank market between banks may be carried on in London, England,
          in Camden, New Jersey, and in New York, New York, and, if in respect
          of a Foreign Currency Loan, at the place at which a Foreign Currency
          Loan is funded.

          b. Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to incorporate
     the following definitions which shall read as follows:

         "Foreign Currency" means Deutsche Marks, French Francs, Japanese Yen
         and Sterling.

         "Foreign Currency Loan" means any Loan denominated in the same Foreign
         Currency to which the Adjusted LIBO Rate is applicable having the same
         LIBO Interest Period.

          "Sterling" means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom of Great
          Britain and Northern Ireland.

          c. Section 2.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety
     to read as follows:

               SECTION 2.1 The Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions
          hereinafter provided, each Bank, for itself only, agrees to lend to
          the Borrowers, from time to time during the period from the date
          hereof to and including the Commitment Termination Date, such sums as
          the Borrowers may request provided that the aggregate outstanding
          principal amount thereof at any time shall not exceed the amount set
          forth opposite such Bank's name as follows (such respective amounts
          being the "Commitment" of each Bank):

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                                   Amount                    Percentage
                                   ------                    ----------
         UJB                    $4,000,000.00                    50%
         CoreStates             $4,000,000.00                    50%
                                -------------                   ---
                                $8,000,000.00                   100%

         Each Loan shall be from and of the Banks ratably according to their
         respective Commitments. Each Base Rate Loan shall be in an aggregate
         amount of at least $150,000.00. Each LIBO Loan shall be in an aggregate
         amount of at least $250,000.00, provided that, at all times while such
         LIBO Loan is outstanding there must also be outstanding a LIBO Loan in
         the principal amount of at least $1,000,000.00. Each Foreign Currency
         Loan shall be in an aggregate amount of at least the equivalent in the
         relevant Foreign Currency of $250,000.00. The Borrowers may borrow,
         repay and reborrow under this Section 2.1 until the Commitment
         Termination Date subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement;
         provided that the sum of (i) the total outstanding principal under the
         Revolving Credit (including the Dollar equivalent of any Foreign
         Currency Loans) plus (ii) the aggregate face amount of all Letters of
         Credit outstanding, plus (iii) the unreimbursed amount of any draws
         under Letters of Credit previously outstanding (such sum is hereinafter
         referred to as the "Total Outstanding Credit") shall not at any time
         exceed Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000.00). If the Total Outstanding
         Credit at any time exceeds Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000.00), the
         Borrowers shall repay no later than 24 hours after notice from the
         Agent, the amount of the excess. The Borrowers shall use the Loans for
         the purposes set forth in the Background Section hereof.

          d. Section 2.2 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety
     to read as follows:

                  SECTION 2.2 Making the Loans. The Borrowers shall notify the
         Agent by telephone no later than 11:00 A.M. the day of the requested
         borrowing of each proposed Base Rate Loan, specifying the date and
         amount of the proposed Base Rate Loan. The Agent in turn shall promptly
         notify each other Bank of the proposed Base Rate Loan. The Borrowers
         shall notify the Agent by telephone no later than 11:00 A.M. at least
         three London Business Days in advance of each proposed LIBO Loan,
         specifying the date and the amount of the proposed LIBO Loan and the
         length of the proposed LIBO Interest Period, and the Agent shall in
         turn notify each other Bank of the proposed LIBO Loan by 11:00 A.M. on
         the second London Business Day preceding the proposed LIBO Loan. The
         Borrowers shall notify the Agent by telephone no later than 11:00 A.M.
         at least three London Business Days in advance of each proposed Foreign
         Currency Loan, specifying 

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          the date, the Foreign Currency in which the Loan is to be made, the
          amount of the proposed Foreign Currency Loan, the length of the
          proposed LIBO Interest Period, and the directions for making available
          the Foreign Currency Loan and the Agent shall in turn notify each
          other Bank of the proposed Foreign Currency Loan by 11:00 A.M. on the
          second London Business Day preceding the proposed Foreign Currency
          Loan. Such telephonic notice shall be made by an authorized officer of
          the Borrowers listed on Exhibit 2.2 hereto or in a written notice from
          the Borrowers submitted in accordance with Section 10.2. The Borrowers
          will confirm any telephonic notice of a proposed Loan the same day by
          facsimile copy. Each such notice (whether or not actually confirmed by
          facsimile copy) shall constitute a representation by the Borrowers
          that, at the time thereof and giving effect to the Loan requested
          thereby: (1) no Event of Default or Default has occurred hereunder;
          (2) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are
          reaffirmed and are correct as of the date of such notice; (3) the
          Total Outstanding Credit (including the Dollar equivalent of any
          Foreign Currency Loans) plus the requested Loan (including the Dollar
          equivalent of such Loan if it is a Foreign Currency Loan) will not
          exceed $8,000,000.00; and the conditions precedent for such Loan as
          set forth in Section 3.2 hereof have all been satisfied. Upon notice
          from the Agent of the proposed Loan, each Bank shall wire transfer to
          the Agent, at the Agent's office at 210 Main Street, Hackensack, New
          Jersey 07602, in immediately available funds, which funds shall be in
          Dollars, prior to 2:00 P.M. on the date of the proposed Loan, an
          amount equal to such Bank's Pro Rata Share of such Loan or, if the
          Loan is a Foreign Currency Loan, each bank shall wire transfer
          immediately available funds of the Foreign Currency in accordance with
          the Agent's instructions. Upon receipt of such funds by the Agent and
          upon the Agent's determination that the applicable conditions set
          forth in Article III hereof have been fulfilled, the Agent will make
          such funds available to the Borrowers by depositing the amount thereof
          into an operating account which the Borrowers shall maintain with the
          Agent while the Loans are outstanding (the "Operating Account") or, in
          the case of a Foreign Currency Loan, will make such funds available in
          accordance with the Borrower's directions for such Loan. The Borrowers
          agree to hold the Agent harmless from any liability for any loss
          resulting from the Agent's reliance on any writing, facsimile copy or
          telephonic notice purportedly made by an authorized officer of the
          Borrowers, provided that the Agent has acted in good faith in doing
          so. The Agent may assume that telephonic notice of a request for a
          Loan is from an authorized officer of the Borrowers, absent manifest
          error. The Agent shall 

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          have no obligation to make funds available to the Borrowers in excess
          of amounts received by it from the Banks, provided that if one or more
          Banks fail to make available to the Agent such Bank's Pro Rata Share
          of a Loan and the Agent elects to advance the full amount of the Loan
          requested by the Borrowers, the Borrowers shall be obligated to repay
          to the Agent for the Agent's account the amount, with interest, so
          advanced by the Agent and not advanced by the Bank(s) in amounts and
          at the times the Borrowers otherwise would be obligated to repay such
          Loan. Unless the Agent receives notice from a Bank prior to the date
          such Bank's Pro Rata Share of any Loan is to be made that such Bank
          does not intend to make its Pro Rata Share of such Loan available to
          the Agent, the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) assume that
          such Bank has made such proceeds available to the Agent on such date,
          and the Agent, in reliance upon such assumption, may (but shall not be
          obligated to) make available to the Borrowers a corresponding amount.
          If such corresponding amount is not, in fact, made available to the
          Agent by such Bank on the date the Loan is made, the Agent shall be
          entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Bank (or, if such
          Bank fails to pay such amount immediately upon demand, from the
          Borrower) together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to
          the Interest Rate applicable to the Loan for each day during the
          period between the date that the Agent advances the Loan and the date
          on which the Bank makes its Pro Rata Share of the Loan available to
          the Agent.

          e. Section 2.6 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to incorporate
     subsection (E) and (F) which shall read as follows:

               (E) Foreign Currency Loans. The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent
          for the account of each Bank interest in arrears on the unpaid
          principal amount of each Foreign Currency Loan on the last day of the
          applicable LIBO Interest Period.

               (F) Limitation on Foreign Currency Loans. The Borrowers shall not
          have more than 3 Foreign Currency Loans outstanding at any one time.

          f. Section 2.8 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety
     to read as follows:

                  SECTION 2.8 Payments. (A) The Borrowers hereby authorize the
         Agent to charge directly any account, maintained by the Borrowers for
         any payments of principal of the Base Rate Loans or LIBO Loans,
         interest and any other amounts owing under any Loan Document, as and

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         when due. The Agent agrees to notify the Borrowers after any such
         charge, provided however that, the failure of the Agent to so notify
         the Borrowers shall not relieve the Borrowers' obligation to make any
         and all payments due hereunder as and when such payments are due. In
         the event that the Borrowers maintain insufficient funds in such
         account(s) to meet the Borrowers' obligations hereunder when due, the
         Borrowers will make all payments of principal of the Loans, excluding
         any Foreign Currency Loans, all payments of interest on the Loans,
         excluding interest on Foreign Currency Loans, and any other amounts
         owing under this Agreement and/or under any of the Loan Documents to
         the Agent, for the account of the Agent and/or the Banks as appropriate
         not later than 1:00 P.M. on the applicable due date, in immediately
         available funds and in Dollars.

               (B) Each payment under this Agreement on account of a Foreign
          Currency Loan shall be made in immediately available funds, in the
          Foreign Currency in which such Foreign Currency Loan is denominated,
          not later than 11:30 a.m., local time, on the day such payment is due,
          at the office of a correspondent bank designated by the Agent from
          time to time for receipt of payments in that Foreign Currency. The
          Agent will direct such correspondent to remit to each Bank, subject to
          collection, its ratable share of each such payment on the same day as
          received if received by the time specified in the preceding sentence,
          and otherwise on the next Business Day.

               (C) Prior to an Event of Default and the acceleration of the
          Loans as set forth in Section 8.1 hereof, and provided that the
          Borrowers have paid all amounts which come due on or prior to such
          applicable due date, the Agent will, by wire transfer (or other means
          mutually acceptable to the Agent and the Banks), immediately
          distribute to each Bank in immediately available funds such Bank's Pro
          Rata Share of the amounts in which such Bank has an interest, so
          received by the Agent.

               (D) After the occurrence of an Event of Default and the
          acceleration of the Loans as set forth in Section 8.1 hereof, or if
          the Borrowers shall have failed to pay all amounts which have come due
          on or prior to such applicable due date, the Agent shall apply all
          payments and collections received by it as follows: first, to all of
          the Agent's costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
          collection of such payments (including, without limitation, reasonable
          attorneys' fees and expenses) then due and outstanding; second, to
          interest on and principal of any amounts funded by the Agent in excess
          of its Pro Rata Share as contemplated by Section 2.2 hereof; third, to
          the accrued 

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          and unpaid Fees (other than attorneys' fees and expenses already paid
          pursuant to "first" above); fourth, to all other amounts (other than
          principal or interest) which shall have come due hereunder and/or
          under any of the Loan Documents; fifth, to accrued and unpaid interest
          on the outstanding Loans or any Fees; sixth, to the principal amount
          of the outstanding Loans; and seventh, to the Letter of Credit Cash
          Collateral Account.

          g. Sections 2.14 and 2.15 of the Loan Agreement are hereby amended in
     their entirety to read as follows:

     SECTION 2.14 Special Provisions for LIBO Loans and Foreign Currency Loans.

          (A) Unavailability of Funds and Indeterminate Interest Rates. If on or
     before the date the Banks are to make any LIBO Loan or Foreign Currency
     Loan or on or before any Effective Date (1) the Agent determines in good
     faith that it is unable to obtain funds at the LIBO Rate for the elected
     Interest Period for any reason, including, but not limited to the
     unavailability of funds at such rate, any change in existing law, any new
     law, the length of such Interest Period, or otherwise or (2) the Agent
     determines in good faith that no adequate means exists to determine the
     LIBO Rate for such Interest Period, then the Agent shall so notify the
     Borrowers on or before the Effective Date and the Borrowers shall have one
     Business Day after notice to withdraw their request for a Loan, and if the
     Borrowers fail to so withdraw their request, then, at the Agent's option,
     the Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested a Loan at the Base Rate or
     shall be required to elect an Interest Period of a length for which the
     Agent may obtain funds at the rate the adjustment of which determines the
     LIBO Rate.

          (B) Changes Affecting Ability to Maintain Funds. If, during any
     Interest Period, any change in existing law, any new law, or any other
     factor beyond the control of any Bank prevents such Bank in its good faith
     determination from maintaining funds at the rate the adjustment of which
     determines the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period and requires such Bank to
     cease so maintaining funds actually so maintained prior to termination of
     such Interest Period, then on the date of such required cessation, the
     Borrowers shall be required to specify a different Interest Rate for such
     Interest Period or, in the alternative, to elect an Interest Period of a
     length for which all Banks may maintain funds at the rate the adjustment of
     which determines the LIBO Rate. In addition, within five days after the
     Agent notifies the Borrowers of such required conversion, the Borrowers
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     otherwise reimbursed pursuant to Section 2.10 hereof) for any loss or
     expense such Bank has certified in writing to the Borrowers and the Agent
     that such Bank has incurred as a result of any such required cessation.

          (C) Ineligible Interest Periods. If, on any date the Banks are to make
     a LIBO Loan or Foreign Currency Loan or on any Effective Date, the period
     of time from such date or such Effective Date to the Commitment Termination
     Date or final repayment date is less than an Interest Period which the
     Borrowers could otherwise elect, the Borrowers will elect a LIBO Loan or
     Foreign Currency Loan whose Interest Period will end on or before the
     Commitment Termination Date or the final repayment date, as necessary. If
     an appropriate Interest Period is not available, then the Loan shall be
     made at the Base Rate.

          (D) Certain Compensation. In the event that the Borrowers prepay any
     LIBO Loan prior to the expiration of its Interest Period, whether
     voluntarily or as required hereunder, the Borrowers shall pay to the Agent
     for the account of each Bank, upon the request of such Bank through the
     Agent, such amount or amounts as shall be sufficient (In the reasonable
     opinion of such Bank) to compensate it for any loss, cost or expense which
     such Bank determines is attributable to:

               (1) any payment, prepayment, conversion or renewal of a LIBO Loan
          made by such Bank on a date other than the last day of an Interest
          Period for such Loan (whether by reason of acceleration or otherwise);
          or

               (2) any failure by the Borrowers to borrow, convert into or renew
          a LIBO Loan to be made, converted into or renewed by such Bank on the
          date specified therefor pursuant to a Borrower's prior election.

               Without limiting the foregoing, such compensation shall include
          an amount equal to the excess, if any, of: (i) the amount of interest
          which otherwise would have accrued on the principal amount so paid,
          prepaid, converted or renewed or not borrowed, converted or renewed
          for the period from and including the date of such payment,
          prepayment, conversion or renewal, or failure to borrow, convert or
          renew to but excluding the last day of the then current Interest
          Period for such LIBO Loan (or, in the case of a failure to borrow,
          convert or renew, to but excluding the last day of the Interest Period
          for such LIBO Loan which would have commenced on the date specified
          therefor in the relevant notice) at the applicable rate of interest
          for such LIBO Loan provided for herein; over (ii) the amount of

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          interest (as reasonably determined by such Bank) such Bank would have
          bid in the London interbank market for Dollar deposits for amounts
          comparable to such principal amount and maturities comparable to such
          Interest Period. A determination of any Bank as to the amounts payable
          pursuant to this Section 2.14(D) shall be conclusive absent manifest
          error.

          (E) Discretion of Banks as to Manner of Funding. Notwithstanding any
     other provision of this Agreement, each Bank may fund or maintain its
     funding of all or any part of the Loans in any legal manner it chooses.

     SECTION 2.15 Availability of Rate Quotations. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, if the Agent reasonably determines (which determination
shall be conclusive) that quotations of interest rates for the relevant deposits
referred to in the definition used to calculate the LIBO Rate are not being
provided in the relevant amounts, the relevant Foreign Currencies or for the
relevant maturities for purposes of determining the rate of interest on a LIBO
Loan or a Foreign Currency Loan as provided in this Agreement, then the Agent
shall forthwith given notice thereof to the Banks and the Borrowers, whereupon
until the Agent notifies the Banks and the Borrowers that the circumstances
giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, (A) the obligation of the Banks
to make LIBO Loans and/or Foreign Currency Loans shall be suspended; and (B) the
Borrowers shall repay in full the then outstanding principal amount of each LIBO
Loan or Foreign Currency Loan, together with accrued interest thereon, on the
last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such Loan by
remitting sufficient funds to the Agent or correspondent bank, as applicable,
or, with respect to a LIBO Loan, by conversion to a Base Rate Loan.

     h. Section 2.16(B) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read as
follows:

          (B) Provided that the Borrowers have not given the Agent written
     instructions to the contrary, the Banks and the Agent shall apply any
     voluntary principal prepayment first, to repayment of the Base Rate Loans
     then outstanding, second, to repayment of any LIBO Loans or Foreign
     Currency Loans in such a manner as to minimize the Borrower's obligation to
     pay prepayment compensation under Section 2.14(D) and 2.19.

          i. The Loan Agreement is hereby amended to incorporate Section 2.19,
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     SECTION 2.19 Funding Loss and Currency Hedge Indemnification. (A) The
Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Banks, upon the request
of the Agent, such amount or amounts as shall be sufficient (in the reasonable
opinion of the Banks) to compensate the Banks for any loss, cost, or expense
(including, without limitation, costs or losses associated with prepaying or
redeploying deposits (whether or not any Bank shall have actually funded a
Foreign Currency Loan with corresponding deposits) and, in the case of Foreign
Currency Loans, costs or losses associated with closing hedge transactions in
respect of Foreign Currency Loans) incurred as a result of:

               (1) Any payment of a Foreign Currency Loan on a date other than
          the last day of the Interest Period pertaining to such Loan including,
          but not limited to, any such payment made in violation hereof or made
          as a result of any Event of Default occasioning a change in applicable
          interest rate and/or of acceleration by the Banks; or

               (2) Any failure by the Borrowers to borrow a Foreign Currency
          Loan on the date for borrowing specified in the relevant notice.

          (B) The Bank's determination of the amount so due, and a description
     of the calculation thereof, shall be set forth in the request for such
     amount or amounts; such determination and calculation shall be conclusive
     absent manifest error.

     SECTION 2.20 Currency Provisions. (A) An Advance may be denominated in a
Foreign Currency only if the Agent is satisfied in its sole discretion that
deposits in such currency for a period comparable to the relevant Interest
Period and for an amount comparable to the amount of the Loan which shall be
outstanding during such Interest Period will be available to the Banks in the
normal course of business at the beginning of such Interest Period. If the Agent
is not so satisfied, such Advance shall (unless the Borrower cancels a request
pursuant to Section 2.14) be denominated in Dollars and accrue interest at the
Base Rate for such Interest Period.

          (B) For purposes of the provisions of this Agreement, (1) the
     equivalent in Dollars of a Foreign Currency shall be determined by using
     the average spot rate quoted to the Agent or the commercial market rate of
     exchange, as determined by the Agent for the exchange of Dollars for the
     relevant Foreign Currency, in New York City at 9:00 a.m. New York City time
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     prior to the date on which such equivalent is to be determined and (2) the
     equivalent in a Foreign Currency of Dollars shall be determined by using
     the average spot rate quoted to the Agent or the commercial market rate of
     exchange, as determined by the Agent for the exchange of the relevant
     Foreign Currency for Dollars in New York City at 9:00 a.m. New York City
     time two London Business Days prior to the date on which such equivalent is
     to be determined.

          (C) The Agent's determination of each rate of exchange pursuant to
     this Agreement shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

     SECTION 2.21 Judgment Currency. The currency in which each Loan made
hereunder is denominated and the place of payment designated therefor is of the
essence. The payment obligation of each Borrower hereunder in any designated
currency and designated place of payment shall not be discharged by an amount
paid in another currency or in another place, whether pursuant to a judgment or
otherwise, to the extent that the amount so paid on prompt conversion to the
currency in which the Loan is denominated and transfer to the designated place
of payment under normal banking procedures does not yield the amount owing
hereunder at the designated place of payment. In the event that any payment by
any Borrower, whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise, upon such conversion
and transfer does not result in payment of such amount in the currency in which
such Loan is denominated at the designated place of payment, the appropriate
Bank shall be entitled to demand immediate payment of, and shall have a separate
cause of action against the Borrowers for, the additional amount necessary to
yield the amount of such currency owing hereunder.

          j. Section 5.8(A) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read as
     follows:

               (A) As soon as available and in any event within sixty (60) days
          after the end of each quarter of each fiscal year of Quad,
          Consolidated and Consolidating balance sheets of Quad as of the end of
          such quarter, Consolidated and Consolidating statements of income and
          retained earnings of Quad for the period commencing at the end of the
          previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter, a
          Consolidated statement of cash flow of Quad for the portion of the
          fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarter, all in reasonable
          detail and stating in comparative form the respective Consolidated and
          Consolidating figures for the corresponding date and period in the
          previous fiscal year and all prepared in accordance with GAAP
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          applied and certified by the chief financial officer of Quad (subject
          to year-end adjustments);

          k. Section 7A.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its
     entirety to read as follows:

     SECTION 7A.1 Minimum Tangible Net Worth. Quad and its Domestic and Foreign
Subsidiaries will maintain at all times a Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of not
less than:

                  Period                              Amount
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         9/30/95 - 9/30/96                           $20 million
         10/1/96 - 9/30/97                           $23 million
         10/1/97 and thereafter                      $26 million.

          l. Section 7B.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its
     entirety to read as follows:

          SECTION 7B.1 Minimum Tangible Net Worth. Quad and its Domestic and
     Foreign Subsidiaries will maintain at all times (as tested quarterly) a
     Tangible Net Worth excluding investments in and receivables from
     non-Borrower Subsidiaries of not less than:

                  Period                              Amount
                  ------                              ------
         9/30/95 - 9/30/97                           $15 million
         10/1/97 and thereafter                      $16 million.

          m. Section 7B.2 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its
     entirety to read as follows:

          SECTION 7B.2 Minimum Working Capital. From and after September 30,
     1996, the Borrowers will maintain at all times (as tested quarterly)
     Working Capital of not less than $14,000,000.00.

     2. This Amendment is an acknowledgement of the outstanding indebtedness
presently owed by Borrowers, and reaffirmation by Borrowers to pay the
indebtedness to the Banks in full according to the terms of the Loan Agreement.

     3. Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Agent and the Banks that:

          a. the representations and warranties of Borrowers contained in the
     Loan Agreement as amended hereby are true and correct as of the date
     hereof;

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          b. the Borrowers are in compliance with the covenants contained in the
     Loan Documents as amended herein; and

          c. there is no Default or Event of Default under the Loan Agreement
     after giving effect to this Amendment.

     4. The obligation of the Agent and the Banks hereunder is conditioned upon
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

          a. the Borrowers deliver to the Agent this Amendment duly executed by
     the Borrowers;

          b. the Borrowers deliver to the Agent all other amendment and
     modification documents requested by the Agent in connection herewith,
     including without limitation, certified copies of resolutions of each
     Borrower authorizing the execution of this Amendment and all modification
     documents to which the Borrowers are parties and all transactions
     contemplated herein and incumbency certificates of each Borrower; and

          c. the Borrowers pay to Lender all costs and out-of-pocket expenses
     (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) of
     the Agent in connection with this Amendment, which includes, among other
     things, the preparation of this Amendment and expenses incurred in
     connection with the above.

     5. This Amendment contains all of the modifications to the Loan Agreement.
No further modifications shall be deemed effective, unless in writing executed
by both parties.

     6. This Amendment shall be binding upon the parties hereto, their
successors and assigns.

     7. Except as expressly modified and amended herein, the Loan Agreement and
all documents executed in connection with the Loan Agreement, will remain in
full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms.

     8. Pursuant to Section 7A.2 of the Loan Agreement, the capital expenditures
of Quad and its Domestic and Foreign Subsidiaries are not permitted to exceed
$1,500,000.00 in any fiscal year. Quad and its Domestic and Foreign Subsidiaries
had capital expenditures of $1,600,000.00 in the fiscal year ending September
29, 1996. The Banks hereby waive any Default arising from Quad's failure to
comply with Section 7A.2 of the Loan Agreement in the fiscal year ending
September 29, 1996. Except for the waiver set forth above, Section 7A.2 of the
Loan Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.


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     9. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not
operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Banks or the Agent
under the Loan Agreement, nor constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or any
provision of the Loan Agreement except as specifically set forth in Section 8
hereof.

     10. This within Amendment shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the State of New Jersey.



HITECH FINANCE COMPANY              QUAD SYSTEMS CORPORATION


By:____________________________     By:____________________________
   Dominique Badel                     Anthony R. Drury
   Vice President and Treasurer        Senior Vice President
                                       Finance and Chief Financial
                                       Officer

TRIMARK INVESTMENT CORP.            QUAD LEASING CORP.



By:____________________________    By:____________________________
   Dominique Badel                    Anthony R. Drury
   Vice President and Treasurer       President


SUMMIT BANK                         CORESTATES BANK, N.A.
(formerly known as United
Jersey Bank)


By:____________________________   By:____________________________
   Adrian M. Marquez                 William F. Dohmen
   Vice President                    Vice President



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