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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6



                                    FORM OF

                                 PRINTCAFE, INC.

                        2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN



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Section 1      PURPOSE......................................................................1

Section 2      DEFINITIONS..................................................................1

        2.1    "1934 Act"...................................................................1

        2.2    "Board"......................................................................1

        2.3    "Code".......................................................................1

        2.4    "Committee"..................................................................1

        2.5    "Common Stock"...............................................................1

        2.6    "Company"....................................................................1

        2.7    "Compensation"...............................................................1

        2.8    "Eligible Employee"..........................................................1

        2.9    "Employee"...................................................................2

        2.10   "Employer" or "Employers"....................................................2

        2.11   "Enrollment Date"............................................................2

        2.12   "Grant Date".................................................................2

        2.13   "Participant"................................................................2

        2.14   "Plan".......................................................................2

        2.15   "Purchase Date"..............................................................2

        2.16   "Subsidiary".................................................................2

Section 3      SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN...................................................2

        3.1    Number Available.............................................................2

        3.2    Adjustments..................................................................3

Section 4      ENROLLMENT...................................................................3

        4.1    Participation................................................................3

        4.2    Payroll Withholding..........................................................3

Section 5      OPTIONS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK.............................................3

        5.1    Grant of Option..............................................................3

        5.2    Duration of Option...........................................................3

        5.3    Number of Shares Subject to Option...........................................4

        5.4    Other Terms and Conditions...................................................4

Section 6      PURCHASE OF SHARES...........................................................4

        6.1    Exercise of Option...........................................................4

        6.2    Delivery of Shares...........................................................5

        6.3    Exhaustion of Shares.........................................................5
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Section 7      WITHDRAWAL...................................................................5

        7.1    Withdrawal...................................................................5

Section 8      CESSATION OF PARTICIPATION...................................................5

        8.1    Termination of Status as Eligible Employee...................................5

Section 9      DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY...................................................5

        9.1    Designation..................................................................5

        9.2    Changes......................................................................5

        9.3    Failed Designations..........................................................6

Section 10     ADMINISTRATION...............................................................6

        10.1   Plan Administrator...........................................................6

        10.2   Actions by Committee.........................................................6

        10.3   Powers of Committee..........................................................6

        10.4   Decisions of Committee.......................................................7

        10.5   Administrative Expenses......................................................7

        10.6   Eligibility to Participate...................................................7

        10.7   Indemnification..............................................................7

Section 11     AMENDMENT, TERMINATION, AND DURATION.........................................7

        11.1   Amendment, Suspension, or Termination........................................7

        11.2   Duration of the Plan.........................................................8

Section 12     GENERAL PROVISIONS...........................................................8

        12.1   Participation by Subsidiaries................................................8

        12.2   Inalienability...............................................................8

        12.3   Severability.................................................................8

        12.4   Requirements of Law..........................................................8

        12.5   Compliance with Rule 16b-3...................................................8

        12.6   No Enlargement of Employment Rights..........................................9

        12.7   Apportionment of Costs and Duties............................................9

        12.8   Construction and Applicable Law..............................................9

        12.9   Captions.....................................................................9

EXECUTION      .............................................................................9
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                                 PRINTCAFE, INC.
                        2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                       (AS ADOPTED ON ____________, 2000)


                                    SECTION 1
                                     PURPOSE

                printCafe, Inc. hereby establishes the printCafe, Inc. 2000
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, effective as of the first Enrollment Date, in
order to provide eligible employees of the Company and its participating
Subsidiaries with the opportunity to purchase Common Stock through payroll
deductions. The Plan is intended to qualify as an employee stock purchase plan
under Section 423(b) of the Code.

                                    SECTION 2
                                   DEFINITIONS

                2.1 "1934 Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Reference to a specific Section of the 1934 Act or regulation
thereunder shall include such Section or regulation, any valid regulation
promulgated under such Section, and any comparable provision of any future
legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such Section or
regulation.

                2.2 "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

                2.3 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Reference to a specific Section of the Code or regulation thereunder shall
include such Section or regulation, any valid regulation promulgated under such
Section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation
amending, supplementing or superseding such Section or regulation.

                2.4 "Committee" shall mean the committee appointed by the Board
to administer the Plan. Any member of the Committee may resign at any time by
notice in writing mailed or delivered to the Secretary of the Company. As of the
effective date of the Plan, the Plan shall be administered by the Compensation
Committee of the Board.

                2.5 "Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company.

                2.6 "Company" means printCafe, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

                2.7 "Compensation" means a Participant's regular wages. The
Committee, in its discretion, may (on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis)
establish a different definition of Compensation prior to an Enrollment Date for
all options to be granted on such Enrollment Date.

                2.8 "Eligible Employee" means every Employee of an Employer,
except (a) any Employee who immediately after the grant of an option under the
Plan, would own stock and/or hold outstanding options to purchase stock
possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value
of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Subsidiary



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of the Company (including stock attributed to such Employee pursuant to Section
424(d) of the Code), or (b) as provided in the following sentence. The
Committee, in its discretion, from time to time may, prior to an Enrollment Date
for all options to be granted on such Enrollment Date, determine (on a uniform
and nondiscriminatory basis) that an Employee shall not be an Eligible Employee
if he or she: (1) has not completed at least two years of service since his or
her last hire date (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the
Committee in its discretion), (2) customarily works not more than 20 hours per
week (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Committee in its
discretion), (3) customarily works not more than 5 months per calendar year (or
such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Committee in its
discretion), or (4) is an officer or other manager.

                2.9 "Employee" means an individual who is a common-law employee
of any Employer, whether such employee is so employed at the time the Plan is
adopted or becomes so employed subsequent to the adoption of the Plan.

                2.10 "Employer" or "Employers" means any one or all of the
Company, and those Subsidiaries which, with the consent of the Board, have
adopted the Plan.

                2.11 "Enrollment Date" means such dates as may be determined by
the Committee (in its discretion and on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis)
from time to time.

                2.12 "Grant Date" means any date on which a Participant is
granted an option under the Plan.

                2.13 "Participant" means an Eligible Employee who (a) has become
a Participant in the Plan pursuant to Section 4.1 and (b) has not ceased to be a
Participant pursuant to Section 8 or Section 9.

                2.14 "Plan" means the printCafe, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, as set forth in this instrument and as hereafter amended from
time to time.

                2.15 "Purchase Date" means such dates as may be determined by
the Committee (in its discretion and on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis)
from time to time prior to an Enrollment Date for all options to be granted on
such Enrollment Date.

                2.16 "Subsidiary" means any corporation in an unbroken chain of
corporations beginning with the Company if each of the corporations other than
the last corporation in the unbroken chain then owns stock possessing fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock
in one of the other corporations in such chain.

                                    SECTION 3
                           SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

                3.1 Number Available. A maximum of __________ shares of Common
Stock shall initially be available for issuance pursuant to the Plan. Shares
sold under the Plan may be newly issued shares or treasury shares.



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               3.2 Adjustments. In the event of any reorganization,
recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination
of shares, merger, consolidation, offering of rights or other similar change in
the capital structure of the Company, the Board may make such adjustment, if
any, as it deems appropriate in the number, kind and purchase price of the
shares available for purchase under the Plan and in the maximum number of shares
subject to any option under the Plan.

                                    SECTION 4
                                   ENROLLMENT

                4.1 Participation. Each Eligible Employee may elect to become a
Participant by enrolling or re-enrolling in the Plan effective as of any
Enrollment Date. In order to enroll, an Eligible Employee must complete, sign
and submit to the Company an enrollment form in such form, manner and by such
deadline as may be specified by the Committee from time to time (in its
discretion and on a nondiscriminatory basis). Any Participant whose option
expires and who has not withdrawn from the Plan automatically will be
re-enrolled in the Plan on the Enrollment Date immediately following the
Purchase Date on which his or her option expires. Any Participant whose option
has not expired and who has not withdrawn from the Plan automatically will be
deemed to be un-enrolled from the Participant's current option and be enrolled
as of a subsequent Enrollment Date if the price per Share on such subsequent
Enrollment Date is lower than the price per Share on the Enrollment Date
relating to the Participant's current option.

                4.2 Payroll Withholding. On his or her enrollment form, each
Participant must elect to make Plan contributions via payroll withholding from
his or her Compensation. Pursuant to such procedures as the Committee may
specify from time to time, a Participant may elect to have withholding equal to
a whole percentage from 1% to 15% (or such lesser percentage that the Committee
may establish from time to time for all options to be granted on any Enrollment
Date). A Participant may elect to increase or decrease his or her rate of
payroll withholding by submitting a new enrollment form in accordance with such
procedures as may be established by the Committee from time to time. A
Participant may stop his or her payroll withholding by submitting a new
enrollment form in accordance with such procedures as may be established by the
Committee from time to time. In order to be effective as of a specific date, an
enrollment form must be received by the Company no later than the deadline
specified by the Committee, in its discretion and on a nondiscriminatory basis,
from time to time. Any Participant who is automatically re-enrolled in the Plan
will be deemed to have elected to continue his or her contributions at the
percentage last elected by the Participant.

                                    SECTION 5
                        OPTIONS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

                5.1 Grant of Option. On each Enrollment Date on which the
Participant enrolls or re-enrolls in the Plan, he or she shall be granted an
option to purchase shares of Common Stock.

                5.2 Duration of Option. Each option granted under the Plan shall
expire on the earliest to occur of (a) the completion of the purchase of shares
on the last Purchase Date occurring within 27 months of the Grant Date of such
option, (b) such shorter option period as



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may be established by the Committee from time to time prior to an Enrollment
Date for all options to be granted on such Enrollment Date, or (c) the date on
which the Participant ceases to be such for any reason. Until otherwise
determined by the Committee for all options to be granted on an Enrollment Date,
the period referred to in clause (b) in the preceding sentence shall mean the
period from the applicable Enrollment Date through the last business day prior
to the immediately following Enrollment Date.

                5.3 Number of Shares Subject to Option. The number of shares
available for purchase by each Participant under the option will be established
by the Committee from time to time prior to an Enrollment Date for all options
to be granted on such Enrollment Date.

                5.4 Other Terms and Conditions. Each option shall be subject to
the following additional terms and conditions:

                (a) payment for shares purchased under the option shall be made
        only through payroll withholding under Section 4.2;

                (b) purchase of shares upon exercise of the option will be
        accomplished only in accordance with Section 6.1;

                (c) the price per share under the option will be determined as
        provided in Section 6.1; and

                (d) the option in all respects shall be subject to such other
        terms and conditions (applied on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis),
        as the Committee shall determine from time to time in its discretion.

                                    SECTION 6
                               PURCHASE OF SHARES

                6.1 Exercise of Option. Subject to Section 6.2, on each Purchase
Date, the funds then credited to each Participant's account shall be used to
purchase whole shares of Common Stock. Any cash remaining after whole shares of
Common Stock have been purchased shall be carried forward in the Participant's
account for the purchase of shares on the next Purchase Date. The price per
Share of the Shares purchased under any option granted under the Plan shall be
eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of:

                (a) the closing price per Share on the Grant Date for such
        option on the NASDAQ National Market System; or

                (b) the closing price per Share on the Purchase Date on the
        NASDAQ National Market System;

provided, however, that with respect to any Grant Date under the Plan that
coincides with the date of the final prospectus for the initial public offering
of the Common Stock, the price in clause (a) above shall be the price per Share
at which shares of Common Stock are initially offered for sale to the public by
the Company's underwriters in such offering.



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                6.2 Delivery of Shares. As directed by the Committee in its sole
discretion, shares purchased on any Purchase Date shall be delivered directly to
the Participant or to a custodian or broker (if any) designated by the Committee
to hold shares for the benefit of the Participants. As determined by the
Committee from time to time, such shares shall be delivered as physical
certificates or by means of a book entry system.

                6.3 Exhaustion of Shares. If at any time the shares available
under the Plan are over-enrolled, enrollments shall be reduced proportionately
to eliminate the over-enrollment. Such reduction method shall be "bottom up",
with the result that all option exercises for one share shall be satisfied
first, followed by all exercises for two shares, and so on, until all available
shares have been exhausted. Any funds that, due to over-enrollment, cannot be
applied to the purchase of whole shares shall be refunded to the Participants
(without interest thereon).

                                    SECTION 7
                                   WITHDRAWAL

                7.1 Withdrawal. A Participant may withdraw from the Plan by
submitting a completed enrollment form to the Company. A withdrawal will be
effective only if it is received by the Company by the deadline specified by the
Committee (in its discretion and on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis) from
time to time. When a withdrawal becomes effective, the Participant's payroll
contributions shall cease and all amounts then credited to the Participant's
account shall be distributed to him or her (without interest thereon).

                                    SECTION 8
                           CESSATION OF PARTICIPATION

                8.1 Termination of Status as Eligible Employee. A Participant
shall cease to be a Participant immediately upon the cessation of his or her
status as an Eligible Employee (for example, because of his or her termination
of employment from all Employers for any reason). As soon as practicable after
such cessation, the Participant's payroll contributions shall cease and all
amounts then credited to the Participant's account shall be distributed to him
or her (without interest thereon). If a Participant is on a Company-approved
leave of absence, his or her participation in the Plan shall continue for so
long as he or she remains an Eligible Employee and has not withdrawn from the
Plan pursuant to Section 7.1.

                                    SECTION 9
                           DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY

                9.1 Designation. Each Participant may, pursuant to such uniform
and nondiscriminatory procedures as the Committee may specify from time to time,
designate one or more Beneficiaries to receive any amounts credited to the
Participant's account at the time of his or her death. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision of this Section 9, Sections 9.1 and 9.2 shall be operative
only after (and for so long as) the Committee determines (on a uniform and
nondiscriminatory basis) to permit the designation of Beneficiaries.

                9.2 Changes. A Participant may designate different Beneficiaries
(or may revoke a prior Beneficiary designation) at any time by delivering a new
designation (or revocation of a prior designation) in like manner. Any
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effective only if it is received by the Committee. However, when so received,
the designation or revocation shall be effective as of the date the designation
or revocation is executed (whether or not the Participant still is living), but
without prejudice to the Committee on account of any payment made before the
change is recorded. The last effective designation received by the Committee
shall supersede all prior designations.

                9.3 Failed Designations. If a Participant dies without having
effectively designated a Beneficiary, or if no Beneficiary survives the
Participant, the Participant's Account shall be payable to his or her estate.

                                   SECTION 10
                                 ADMINISTRATION

                10.1 Plan Administrator. The Plan shall be administered by the
Committee. The Committee shall have the authority to control and manage the
operation and administration of the Plan.

                10.2 Actions by Committee. Each decision of a majority of the
members of the Committee then in office shall constitute the final and binding
act of the Committee. The Committee may act with or without a meeting being
called or held and shall keep minutes of all meetings held and a record of all
actions taken by written consent.

                10.3 Powers of Committee. The Committee shall have all powers
and discretion necessary or appropriate to supervise the administration of the
Plan and to control its operation in accordance with its terms, including, but
not by way of limitation, the following discretionary powers:

                (a) To interpret and determine the meaning and validity of the
        provisions of the Plan and the options and to determine any question
        arising under, or in connection with, the administration, operation or
        validity of the Plan or the options;

                (b) To determine any and all considerations affecting the
        eligibility of any employee to become a Participant or to remain a
        Participant in the Plan;

                (c) To cause an account or accounts to be maintained for each
        Participant;

                (d) To determine the time or times when, and the number of
        shares for which, options shall be granted;

                (e) To establish and revise an accounting method or formula for
        the Plan;

                (f) To designate a custodian or broker to receive shares
        purchased under the Plan and to determine the manner and form in which
        shares are to be delivered to the designated custodian or broker;

                (g) To determine the status and rights of Participants and their
        Beneficiaries or estates;



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                (h) To employ such brokers, counsel, agents and advisers, and to
        obtain such broker, legal, clerical and other services, as it may deem
        necessary or appropriate in carrying out the provisions of the Plan;

                (i) To establish, from time to time, rules for the performance
        of its powers and duties and for the administration of the Plan;

                (j) To adopt such procedures and subplans as are necessary or
        appropriate to permit participation in the Plan by employees who are
        foreign nationals or employed outside of the United States;

                (k) To delegate to any one or more of its members or to any
        other person, severally or jointly, the authority to perform for and on
        behalf of the Committee one or more of the functions of the Committee
        under the Plan.

                10.4 Decisions of Committee. All actions, interpretations, and
decisions of the Committee shall be conclusive and binding on all persons, and
shall be given the maximum possible deference allowed by law.

                10.5 Administrative Expenses. All expenses incurred in the
administration of the Plan by the Committee, or otherwise, including legal fees
and expenses, shall be paid and borne by the Employers, except any stamp duties
or transfer taxes applicable to the purchase of shares may be charged to the
account of each Participant. Any brokerage fees for the purchase of shares by a
Participant shall be paid by the Company, but fees and taxes (including
brokerage fees) for the transfer, sale or resale of shares by a Participant, or
the issuance of physical share certificates, shall be borne solely by the
Participant.

                10.6 Eligibility to Participate. No member of the Committee who
is also an employee of an Employer shall be excluded from participating in the
Plan if otherwise eligible, but he or she shall not be entitled, as a member of
the Committee, to act or pass upon any matters pertaining specifically to his or
her own account under the Plan.

                10.7 Indemnification. Each of the Employers shall, and hereby
does, indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Committee and the Board,
from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities (including
attorneys' fees and amounts paid, with the approval of the Board, in settlement
of any claim) arising out of or resulting from the implementation of a duty, act
or decision with respect to the Plan, so long as such duty, act or decision does
not involve gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of any such
individual.

                                   SECTION 11
                      AMENDMENT, TERMINATION, AND DURATION

                11.1 Amendment, Suspension, or Termination. The Board, in its
sole discretion, may amend or terminate the Plan, or any part thereof, at any
time and for any reason. If the Plan is terminated, the Board, in its
discretion, may elect to terminate all outstanding options either immediately or
upon completion of the purchase of shares on the next Purchase Date, or may
elect to permit options to expire in accordance with their terms (and
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continue through such expiration dates). If the options are terminated prior to
expiration, all amounts then credited to Participants' accounts which have not
been used to purchase shares shall be returned to the Participants (without
interest thereon) as soon as administratively practicable.

                11.2 Duration of the Plan. The Plan shall commence on the date
specified herein, and subject to Section 11.1 (regarding the Board's right to
amend or terminate the Plan), shall terminate on the date ten (10) years from
such date.

                                   SECTION 12
                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

                12.1 Participation by Subsidiaries. One or more Subsidiaries of
the Company may become participating Employers by adopting the Plan and
obtaining approval for such adoption from the Board. By adopting the Plan, a
Subsidiary shall be deemed to agree to all of its terms, including (but not
limited to) the provisions granting exclusive authority (a) to the Board to
amend the Plan, and (b) to the Committee to administer and interpret the Plan.
An Employer may terminate its participation in the Plan at any time. The
liabilities incurred under the Plan to the Participants employed by each
Employer shall be solely the liabilities of that Employer, and no other Employer
shall be liable for benefits accrued by a Participant during any period when he
or she was not employed by such Employer.

                12.2 Inalienability. In no event may either a Participant, a
former Participant or his or her Beneficiary, spouse or estate sell, transfer,
anticipate, assign, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of any right or interest
under the Plan; and such rights and interests shall not at any time be subject
to the claims of creditors nor be liable to attachment, execution or other legal
process. Accordingly, for example, a Participant's interest in the Plan is not
transferable pursuant to a domestic relations order.

                12.3 Severability. In the event any provision of the Plan shall
be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall
not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and
enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

                12.4 Requirements of Law. The granting of options and the
issuance of shares shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and
regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or securities
exchanges as the Committee may determine are necessary or appropriate.

                12.5 Compliance with Rule 16b-3. Any transactions under this
Plan with respect to officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1 promulgated under the
1934 Act) are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3.
To the extent any provision of the Plan or action by the Committee fails to so
comply, it shall be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and
deemed advisable by the Committee. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the
Plan, if the Committee specifically determines that compliance with Rule 16b-3
no longer is required, all references in the Plan to Rule 16b-3 shall be null
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                12.6 No Enlargement of Employment Rights. Neither the
establishment or maintenance of the Plan, the granting of options, the purchase
of shares, nor any action of any Employer or the Committee, shall be held or
construed to confer upon any individual any right to be continued as an employee
of the Employer nor, upon dismissal, any right or interest in any specific
assets of the Employers other than as provided in the Plan. Each Employer
expressly reserves the right to discharge any employee at any time, with or
without cause.

                12.7 Apportionment of Costs and Duties. All acts required of the
Employers under the Plan may be performed by the Company for itself and its
Subsidiaries, and the costs of the Plan may be equitably apportioned by the
Committee among the Company and the other Employers. Whenever an Employer is
permitted or required under the terms of the Plan to do or perform any act,
matter or thing, it shall be done and performed by any officer or employee of
the Employers who is thereunto duly authorized by the Employers.

                12.8 Construction and Applicable Law. The Plan is intended to
qualify as an "employee stock purchase plan" within the meaning of Section
423(b) of the Code. Any provision of the Plan which is inconsistent with Section
423(b) of the Code shall, without further act or amendment by the Company or the
Committee, be reformed to comply with the requirements of Section 423(b). The
provisions of the Plan shall be construed, administered and enforced in
accordance with such Section and with the laws of the State of Delaware
(excluding Delaware's conflict of laws provisions).

                12.9 Captions. The captions contained in and the table of
contents prefixed to the Plan are inserted only as a matter of convenience, and
in no way define, limit, enlarge or describe the scope or intent of the Plan nor
in any way shall affect the construction of any provision of the Plan.

                                    EXECUTION

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, printCafe, Inc., by its duly authorized
officer, has executed this Plan on the date indicated below.


                                            PRINTCAFE, INC.



Dated:                 , 2000               By:
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                                               Title:



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