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                                                                    EXHIBIT 3.0


                         CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF
                      SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
                                       OF
                          IMTEK OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.

     It is hereby certified that:

     1.   The name of the Company (hereinafter called the "Company") is IMTEK
OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.

     2.   The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the "Certificate of
Incorporation") authorizes the issuance of Five Million (5,000,000) shares of
preferred stock, $.01 par value per share, and expressly vests in the Board of
Directors of the Company the authority provided therein to issue any or all
undesignated preferred shares in one or more series and by resolution or
resolutions to establish the designation and number and to fix the relative
rights and preferences of each series to be issued.

     3.   The Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to the authority
expressly vested in it as aforesaid, has adopted the following resolutions
creating a series of preferred stock to be designated as "Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock":

     RESOLVED, that 75,000 authorized but undesignated shares of preferred stock
of the Company shall be designated Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01
par value per share, and shall possess the rights and preferences set forth
below:

     Section 1.  Designation and Amount.  75,000 shares of the Company's
authorized but undesignated preferred stock shall be designated as Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series A Convertible Preferred Stock") par
value $.01 per share. The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall have a
stated value of $100.00 per share (the "Original Series A Convertible Issue
Price").

     Section 2.  Rank.  The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall rank: (I)
junior to any other class or series of capital stock of the Company hereafter
created specifically ranking by its terms senior to the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock (collectively, the "Senior Securities"); (ii) prior to all of
the Company's Common Stock  ("Common Stock"); (iii) prior to any class or series
of capital stock of the Company hereafter created specifically ranking by its
terms junior to any Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (collectively, with the
Common Stock, "Junior Securities"); and (iv) on parity with any class or series
of capital stock of the Company hereafter created specifically ranking by its
terms on parity with the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock ("Parity
Securities") in each case as to distributions of assets upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary (all
such distributions being referred to collectively as "Distributions").

     Section 3.  Dividends.   The holders of the then outstanding Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared
by the Board of Directors, out of any funds 
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legally available therefor, cumulative dividends at the annual rate of $9.00 per
share, payable in cash annually on each January 1, commencing on January 1,
1998. Such dividends shall accrue on each share from December 1, 1997 or
original issue date, whichever occurs later, and shall accrue from day to day,
whether or not earned or declared. Such dividends shall be cumulative so that,
except as provided in paragraph 5(f) below, if such dividends in respect of any
previous or current annual dividend period, at the annual rate specified above,
shall not have been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment
thereof set apart, the deficiency shall first be fully paid before any dividend
or other distribution shall be paid on or declared and set apart for the Junior
Securities. Any accumulation of dividends on the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock shall not bear interest.

     Section 4.  Liquidation Preference.

          (a)  In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company ("Liquidation Event"), either voluntary or involuntary, the Holders of
shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive,
immediately after any distributions to Senior Securities required by the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation or any certificate of designation, and
prior in preference to any distribution to Junior Securities but in parity with
any distribution to Parity Securities, an amount per share equal to the sum of
(I) $100.00 and (ii) all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, whether or not
earned or declared, and no more. If upon the occurrence of such event, and after
payment in full of the preferential amounts with respect to the Senior
Securities, the assets and funds available to be distributed among the Holders
of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and Parity Securities shall be
insufficient to permit the payment to such Holders of the full preferential
amounts due to the Holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and the
Parity Securities, respectively, then the entire assets and funds of the Company
legally available for distribution shall be distributed among the Holders of the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and the Parity Securities, pro rata, based
on the respective liquidation amounts to which the Holders of each such series
are entitled by the Company's Articles of Incorporation and any certificate(s)
of designation relating thereto.

          (b)  Upon the completion of the distribution required by subsection
4(a), if assets remain in this Company, they shall be distributed to holders of
Junior Securities in accordance with the Company's Articles of Incorporation
including any duly adopted certificate(s) of designation.

     Section 5.  Conversion.  The record Holders of this Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock shall have conversion rights as follows (the "Conversion
Rights"):

          (a)  Right to Convert. Each record Holder of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock shall be entitled (at the times set forth below) to convert (in
multiples of one preferred share) any or all of the shares of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock  held by such Holder at any time after ninety (90)
days following the date of the last closing of a purchase and sale of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock that occurs pursuant to the offering of the Series A
Convertible  Preferred Stock by the Company (the "Last Closing Date"),  into
that number of fully-paid and non-assessable shares

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of Common Stock of the Company calculated in accordance with the following (the
"Conversion Rate"):

       Days Between Last
       Closing Date and                       Number of Shares of
       Company's Receipt of                   Common Stock to be
       Notice of Conversion                   Issued Upon Conversion
       --------------------                   ----------------------

       91 to 180 days                                12 shares
       181 to 270 days                               13 shares
       271 to 360 days                               14 shares
       361 to 450 days                               15 shares
       451 to 540 days                               16 shares
       541 to 630 days                               17 shares
       631 to 720 days                               18 shares
       721 to 810 days                               19 shares
       811 to 900 days                               20 shares
       Over 900 days                                 21 shares

          (b)  Mechanics of Conversion.   Before any holder of  Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to convert the same into shares of
Common Stock, he shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor, duly
endorsed, at the office of the Company or of any transfer agent for the Common
Stock, and shall give written notice to the Company (the "Notice of Conversion")
at such office that he elects to convert the same and shall state therein the
number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock being converted.
Thereupon the Company shall promptly issue and deliver at such office to such
holder of Series A Convertible Series A Convertible Preferred Stock a
certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock to which he
shall be entitled.

Such conversion shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close
of business on the date of such surrender of the shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock to be converted, and the person or persons entitled to receive
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for
all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on
such date.

          (I)  Lost or Stolen Certificates. Upon receipt by the Company of
evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Preferred Stock
Certificates, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to the Company and its Transfer Agent, and upon
surrender and cancellation of the Preferred Stock Certificate(s), if mutilated,
the Company shall execute and deliver new Preferred Stock Certificate(s) of like
tenor and date. However, Company shall not be obligated to re-issue such lost or
stolen Preferred Stock Certificates if Holder contemporaneously requests Company
to convert such Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock.

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          (ii)  No Fractional Shares. If any conversion of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock would create a fractional share of Common Stock to a
holder or a right to acquire a fractional share of Common Stock, such fractional
share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion, shall be the next higher number of shares, or the Company may
at its option pay cash equal to fair value of the fractional share based on the
fair market value of one share of the Company's Common Stock on the date of
conversion, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.

          (c)  Reservation of Stock Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company shall
at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued
shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of
the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, such number of its shares of Common
Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all
then outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock; and if at any time the
number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient
to effect the conversion of all then outstanding shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, the Company will immediately take such corporate action as may
be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to
such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purpose.

          (d)  Adjustment to Conversion Rate.

          (I)  Adjustment Due to Stock Split, Stock Dividend, Etc. If, prior to
the conversion of all of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock split, stock
dividend, or other similar event, the Conversion Rate shall be proportionately
reduced, or if the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by
a combination or reclassification of shares, or other similar event, the
Conversion Rate shall be proportionately increased.

          (ii) Adjustment Due to Merger, Consolidation, etc.  If, prior to the
conversion of all Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, there shall be any
merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, or
other similar event, as a result of which shares of Common Stock of the Company
shall be changed into the same or a different number of shares of the same or
another class or classes of stock or securities of the Company or another entity
(each a "Business Combination Event"), then the Holders of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock shall thereafter have the right to receive upon conversion of
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, upon the basis and upon the terms and
conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock
immediately theretofore issuable upon conversion, such stock, securities and/or
other assets which the Holder would have been entitled to receive in such
transaction had the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock been converted
immediately prior to such transaction, and in any such case appropriate
provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holders
of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to the end that the provisions
hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for the adjustment of the
Conversion Rate and of the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly
as may be practicable in relation to any securities thereafter deliverable upon
the exercise hereof.

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          (iii) No Fractional Shares. If any adjustment under this Section 5(e)
would require the issuance of a fractional share of Common Stock to a holder,
such fractional share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion shall be the next higher full number of shares.

          (e) Effect on Accrued and Unpaid Dividends.  In the event that any
shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be converted into Common
Stock, no accrued and unpaid dividends on such converted Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock shall be paid upon or after such conversion.

     Section 6.  Redemption by Company.

          (a)   Company's Right to Redeem at its Election.  At any time,
commencing after ninety (90) days after the Last Closing Date, the Company shall
have the right, in its sole discretion, to redeem ("Redemption at Company's
Election"), from time to time, any or all of the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock; provided (I) Company shall first provide thirty (30) days advance written
notice as provided in subparagraph 6(b)(ii) below (which can be given beginning
on the ninety first (91st) day after the Last Closing Date).  If the Company
elects to redeem some, but not all, of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock,
the Company shall redeem a pro-rata amount from each Holder of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock.

          (I) Redemption Price At Company's Election. The "Redemption Price at
Company's Election" shall be an amount per share equal to the sum of (I) $100.00
and (ii) all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, whether or not earned or
declared, and  (iii) a Cash Call Premium based upon the elapsed time between the
Last Closing Date and the date of the Company's Notice of Redemption as follows:
 
          Days Between Last
          Closing Date and                   Cash
          Company's Mailing                  Conversion
          of Notice of Redemption            Premium
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          91 to 180 days                     $ 2.00
          181 to 270 days                    $ 4.00
          271 to 360 days                    $ 6.00
          361 to 450 days                    $ 8.00
          451 to 540 days                    $10.00
          541 to 630 days                    $12.00
          631 to 720 days                    $14.00
          721 to 810 days                    $16.00
          811 to 900 days                    $18.00
          Over 900 days                      $20.00

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          (ii) Mechanics of Redemption at Company's Election. The Company shall
effect each such redemption by giving at least thirty (30) days prior written
notice ("Notice of Redemption") to the Holders of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock selected for redemption, by first class, mail, postage prepaid
at the address set forth on the stockholder records for the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock.  Such Notice of Redemption shall indicate (I) the number of
shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that have been selected for
redemption, (ii) the date which such redemption is to become effective (the
"Date of Redemption At Company's Election") which shall not be less than 30 days
or greater than 60 days following the mailing of the Notice of Redemption and
(iii) the applicable Redemption Price At Company's Election, as defined in
(b)(I) above. Notwithstanding the above, Holder may convert into Common Stock,
prior to the close of business on the Date of Redemption at Company's Election,
any Series A Convertible Preferred Stock which it is otherwise entitled to
convert.

          (c) Company Must Have Immediately Available Funds or Credit
Facilities.  The Company shall not be entitled to effect any redemption or begin
any redemption procedure (including the delivery of any notice required by this
Section 6) under Section 6(a) or Section 6(b) unless it has:

          (I) the full amount of the redemption price in cash, available in a
demand or other immediately available account in a bank or similar financial
institution; or

          (ii) immediately available credit facilities, in the full amount of
the redemption price with a bank or similar financial institution; or

          (iii) an agreement with any underwriter or investor willing to
purchase from the Company a sufficient number of shares of stock to provide
proceeds necessary to redeem any stock that is not converted prior to
redemption; or

          (iv) a combination of the items set forth in (I), (ii) and (iii)
above, aggregating the full amount of the redemption price.

     (d)  Payment of Redemption Price.

     Each Holder submitting Preferred Stock being redeemed under this Section 6
shall send its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Certificates so redeemed to
the Company, and the Company shall pay the applicable redemption price to that
Holder by within five (5) business days of the Company's receipt of Preferred
Stock Certificates representing the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to be
redeemed. The Company shall not be obligated to deliver the redemption price
unless the Preferred Stock Certificates so redeemed are delivered to the
Transfer Agent, or, in the event one or more certificates have been lost,
stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Holder has complied with Section 5(b)(I).

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     Section 7.  Voting Rights.  The Holders of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock shall have no voting power whatsoever, and no Holder of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock shall vote or otherwise participate in any
proceeding in which actions shall be taken by the Company or the shareholders
thereof or be entitled to notification as to any meeting of the shareholders
except as otherwise provided by the Delaware Business Corporation Act ("Delaware
Law").

     To the extent that under Delaware Law the vote of the Holders of the Series
A Convertible Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, is required to
authorize  a given action of the Company, the affirmative vote or consent of the
Holders of at least a majority of the shares of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock represented at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present
or by written consent of a majority of the shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock (except as otherwise may be required under Delaware Law) shall
constitute the approval of such action by the class. To the extent that under
Delaware Law the Holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are
entitled to vote on a matter with holders of Common Stock, voting together as
one class, each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled
to a number of votes equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which it
is then convertible using the record date for the taking of such vote of
stockholders as the date as of which the Conversion Rate is calculated. Holders
of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to notice of all
shareholder meetings or written consents with respect to which they would be
entitled to vote, which notice would be provided pursuant to the Company's by-
laws and applicable statutes.

     Section 8.  Status of Redeemed or Converted Stock.  In the event any shares
of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be redeemed or converted pursuant
to Section 5 or Section 6 hereof, the shares so converted or redeemed shall be
canceled, shall return to the status of authorized but unissued Preferred Stock
of no designated series, and shall not be issuable by the Company as Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock.

Signed on _________________, 1998

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                                              Edwin C. Hirsch, President


Attest:


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