ACS Promissory Note                       
                        PROMISSORY NOTE

$2,500,000.00 East Hartford, Connecticut
 July 21, 1998


FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ACCENT COLOR SCIENCES,
INC., (hereinafter called the "Company"), hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the order of
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION ("IBM") or
registered assigns the principal sum of TWO MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS (U.S.) ($2,500,000.00) on December
31, 2000, and to pay interest (computed on the basis of a
360-day year) on the unpaid principal balance hereof from
the date hereof at a rate per annum equal to ten percent
(10%), such interest to be due and payable (i) on the first
day of each October, January, April and July, to and
including October 1, 2000 and (ii) on December 31, 2000,
when the principal amount hereof shall become due and
payable, and to pay on demand interest on any overdue
principal and (to the extent permitted by law) on any
overdue payment of interest, at the rate of 12% per annum.
All payments of principal and interest shall be made in
lawful money of the United States of America, by wire
transfer, at the office of IBM located at New Orchard Road,
Armonk, New York 10504, or at such other place as the holder
hereof shall have designated to the Company in writing.

This Note is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the
Loan Agreement dated the date hereof (the "Loan Agreement")
between the Company and IBM, and the holder of this Note is
entitled to the benefits thereof and the security and
benefits of the Security Agreement dated the date hereof
between the Company and IBM.

This Note is subject to setoff upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default (as defined in the Loan Agreement) and is
subject to mandatory prepayment by the Company upon the
occurrence of the events, and in the amounts, specified in
the Loan Agreement.  The Company may at its election prepay
this Note and the maturity thereof may be accelerated
following an Event of Default, all as provided in the Loan
Agreement, to which reference is made for the terms and
conditions of such provisions as to prepayment and
acceleration.

Upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer or
exchange, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered
holder hereof or such holder's attorney duly authorized in
writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be
issued to, and, at the option of the holder, registered in
the name of, the transferee.  The Company and any agent of
the Company may deem and treat the person in whose name this
Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of
receiving payments of the principal of, and interest on,
this Note and for all other purposes whatsoever (including
payment of fees) whether or not this Note is overdue, and
the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.  The holder of this Note is required to notify the
Company of any transfer of this Note and the identity of the
transferee within a reasonable time after transfer of this
Note.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York.

Accent Color Sciences, Inc.

By: _________________________________

Title: ________________________________




Witness:______________________________________
STATE OF____________________________________
COUNTY OF__________________________________


I, ____________________________, a Notary Public in and for
the said County, in the State aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
THAT _________________________,
the___________________________ of Accent Color Sciences,
Inc., who is personally known to me to be the same person
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument as
such, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged
that he signed and delivered said instrument as his own free
and voluntary act, and as the free and voluntary act of
Accent Color Sciences, Inc., for the uses and purposes
therein set forth.

Given under my hand and notarial seal this ___day of
__________, 1998.


                                     ______________________
Notary Public

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