| Name      of Employee (the “Optionee”):                                                             |   |
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| Date      of this option grant:                                                                                 |   |
| Number      of shares of the Company’s Common Stock subject to this option (“Option Shares”): |   |
| Option      exercise price per share:                                                                           |   |
| Vesting      Time Period:                                                                                       |   |
| Option      Expiration Date                                                                                     |   |

|  Except      as provided in this Agreement, vesting of options is dependent on the      continuation of service with the Company and unvested options expire      immediately upon termination of employment.  Vested options      generally may be exercised after termination of employment for a limited      period of thirty (30) days. |
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|   |  Presstek,      Inc. |
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| (i)   | in      cash, by certified or bank check payable to the order of the Company in an      amount equal to the aggregate exercise price of such Option      Shares; |
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| (ii)   | subject      to Section 7(b) below, if the Common Stock is then traded on a national      securities exchange or on the Nasdaq National Market (or successor trading      system), by delivery of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value      equal as of the date of exercise to the aggregate exercise price of such      Option Shares; or |
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| (iii)   | if      the Common Stock is then traded on a national securities exchange or on      the Nasdaq National Market (or successor trading system), by method of a      cashless exercise in such form as may be approved from time to time in the      Committee’s sole discretion in an undertaking by a creditworthy broker to      deliver promptly to the Company sufficient funds to pay the aggregate      exercise price of the Option Shares, or delivery by the Optionee to the      Company of a copy of irrevocable and unconditional instructions to a      creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company cash or a check      sufficient to pay the aggregate exercise price of the Option      Shares. |
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