AUTOLOGIC INFORMATION INTERNATIONAL INC
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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 1996

                                                   Registration No. 333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                    AUTOLOGIC INFORMATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Delaware                                             13-3855697
(State or other jurisdiction of                             (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                            Identification Number)

                          1050 Rancho Conejo Boulevard
                      Thousand Oaks, California 91320-1717
                                 (805) 498-9611
               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
        including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                               Dennis D. Doolittle
                                  Vice Chairman
                    Autologic Information International, Inc.
                            1050 Rancho Conejo Blvd.
                          Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1717
                                 (805) 498-9611
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

     Copies of all communications, including all communications sent to the
                      agent for service, should be sent to:

                             Richard A. Rubin, Esq.
                       Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl, LLP
                           1211 Avenue of the Americas
                            New York, New York 10036
                                 (212) 704-6130

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           APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From
time  to time  after  the  effective  date of  this  Registration  Statement  as
determined by market conditions.

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           If the only  securities  being  registered  on this  Form  are  being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest  reinvestment  plans,  please check the
following box. [_]

           If any of the  securities  being  registered  on this  Form are to be
offered  on a  delayed  or  continuous  basis  pursuant  to Rule 415  under  the
Securities Act of 1933,  other than  securities  offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  [X]

           If this  Form is  filed  to  register  additional  securities  for an
offering  pursuant to Rule 462(b)  under the  Securities  Act,  please check the
following box and list the Securities Act  registration  statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [_]

           If this Form is a  post-effective  amendment  filed  pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration  statement number of the earlier registration statement for the
same offering. [_]

           If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. [_]


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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                                        PROPOSED      PROPOSED
TITLE OF                                MAXIMUM       MAXIMUM
EACH CLASS            AMOUNT            OFFERING      AGGREGATE   AMOUNT OF
OF SECURITIES         TO BE             PRICE PER     OFFERING    REGISTRATION
TO BE REGISTERED      REGISTERED(1)     SECURITY(2)   PRICE(2)    FEE
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Common Stock          658,276 shares    $7.625        $5,019,355  $1,730.82
$.01 par value
per share
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(1)        Pursuant to Rule 416(b),  there is also covered hereby all additional
           securities  resulting  from  anti-dilution  adjustments  prior to the
           completion of the distribution of the registered securities.

(2)        Estimated  solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
           on the basis of, pursuant to Rule 457(c), the average of the high and
           low selling  prices per share of the  Registrant's  Common Stock,  As
           Quoted  On The  Nasdaq  Stock  Market's  National  Market  System  on
           September 4, 1996.


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           THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE
OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS  EFFECTIVE  DATE UNTIL THE  REGISTRANT
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY  STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL  THEREAFTER  BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE  SECURITIES  ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION,  ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A),
MAY DETERMINE.

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                 SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 6, 1996

INFORMATION   CONTAINED  HEREIN  IS  SUBJECT  TO  COMPLETION  OR  AMENDMENT.   A
REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  RELATING  TO THESE  SECURITIES  HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES  AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION.  THESE  SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  BECOMES
EFFECTIVE.  THIS  PROSPECTUS  SHALL  NOT  CONSTITUTE  AN  OFFER  TO  SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE  SECURITIES
IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER,  SOLICITATION  OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR
TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.

PROSPECTUS
                                 658,276 SHARES

                    AUTOLOGIC INFORMATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                  COMMON STOCK

           This  Prospectus  relates  to an  aggregate  of 658,276  shares  (the
"Shares")  of  Common  Stock,  $.01 par value per  share  ("Common  Stock"),  of
Autologic Information  International,  Inc. (the "Company") which may be offered
and  sold  from  time to time by the  Selling  Stockholders  named  herein.  See
"Selling Stockholders".  The Shares were acquired by the Selling Stockholders as
a result of the merger of Information International,  Inc. ("Triple-I") into the
Company on January  29,  1996.  The  Selling  Stockholders  were,  prior to such
merger, the beneficial owners of 658,276 shares of Triple I.

           The Shares may be offered for sale by the Selling  Stockholders  from
time  to  time  in  the   over-the-counter   market,  in  privately   negotiated
transactions  or otherwise at market  prices  prevailing at the time of sale, at
prices related to such  prevailing  market prices or at negotiated  prices.  The
Shares may be sold directly by the Selling Stockholders or through underwriters,
brokers or dealers. In connection with any such sales, the Selling  Stockholders
and brokers or dealers  participating in such sales may be deemed "underwriters"
within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"),
and any discounts, commissions,  concessions and any profits realized by them on
the sale of the Shares may be deemed to be underwriting  compensation  under the
Securities  Act.  The Shares may be sold  under Rule 145  promulgated  under the
Securities  Act  ("Rule  145")  instead  of under  this  Prospectus,  subject to
compliance with volume  limitations and all other requirements of Rule 145 until
January 29, 1998 and, until January 29, 1999,  subject to Rule 145's requirement
that the  Company  is, at the time of sale,  current in its  periodic  reporting
requirements  under  the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  as  amended  (the
"Exchange Act"). See "Plan of Distribution".

           The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the
Shares by the  Selling  Stockholders.  The  Company  will bear all  expenses  in
connection  with  the  filing  of  the  Registration  Statement  of  which  this
Prospectus  forms a part,  except  that the  Selling  Stockholders  will pay all
discounts and commissions payable to underwriters, broker or dealers.

           SEE "RISK  FACTORS"  BEGINNING ON PAGE 4 FOR A DISCUSSION  OF CERTAIN
FACTORS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS.

           The Common  Stock is traded on The  Nasdaq  Stock  Market's  National
Market System  ("Nasdaq/NMS") under the symbol "AIII". On September 4, 1996, the
closing price per share of the Common Stock on Nasdaq/NMS was $7.25.

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    THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
       AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS
         THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
             COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS
                      PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
                         CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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                 The date of this Prospectus is September , 1996



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                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

           The  Company  is  subject to the  informational  requirements  of the
Exchange Act and, in accordance  therewith files reports,  proxy  statements and
other   information   with  the   Securities   and  Exchange   Commission   (the
"Commission"). Such reports, proxy statements and other information filed by the
Company  can  be  inspected  and  copied  at  the  public  reference  facilities
maintained by the Commission at Room 1024,  Judiciary  Plaza,  450 Fifth Street,
N.W.,  Washington,  D.C. 20549, and at the Commission's Regional Offices located
at 7 World Trade  Center,  13th  Floor,  New York,  New York 10048 and  Citicorp
Center,  500 West Madison  Street,  Suite 1400,  Chicago,  Illinois  60661-2511.
Copies of such material can also be obtained at prescribed rates from the Public
Reference  Section of the Commission,  Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street,  N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. The Commission maintains a Web site (http://www.sec.gov)
that contains  reports,  proxy and information  statements and other information
electronically  filed  through  the  Commission's   Electronic  Data  Gathering,
Analysis and Retrieval system ("EDGAR"). The Common Stock is currently quoted on
The Nasdaq  Stock  Market and such  reports  and other  information  can also be
inspected at the offices of Nasdaq Operations,  1735 K Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20006.

           The Company has filed with the Commission,  Washington, D.C. 20549, a
Registration  Statement (No. 333-     ) under the Securities Act with respect to
the Shares (the  "Registration  Statement").  As  permitted  by the rules of the
Commission, this Prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in
the Registration  Statement and the exhibits  thereto.  For further  information
with respect to the Company and the Shares offered hereby,  reference is made to
the  Registration  Statement  and  the  exhibits  filed  therewith.   Statements
contained  in  this  Prospectus,  and in any  document  incorporated  herein  by
reference,  as to the contents of any contract or any other document referred to
are not  necessarily  complete and, in each  instance,  reference is made to the
copy of such contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the  Registration
Statement or such document,  each such statement being qualified in all respects
by such reference. A copy of the Registration Statement may be inspected without
charge at the Commission's  principal  office,  Room 1024,  Judiciary Plaza, 450
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and copies of all or any part of the
Registration  Statement may be obtained from such office upon the payment of the
fees prescribed by the  Commission.  The  Registration  Statement has been filed
through EDGAR and is also publicly  available  through the Commission's Web site
(http://www.sec.gov).

                      INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

           The  following  documents  heretofore  filed by the Company  with the
Commission are incorporated herein by reference:  (1) the Company's Registration
Statement under the Securities Act on Form S-4 which became effective on January
22, 1996;  (2) the Company's  Quarterly  Reports on Form 10-Q under the Exchange
Act for the quarters  ended  February 2, 1996 and May 3, 1996; (3) the Company's
Current  Reports on Form 8-K dated January 29, 1996 and  September 6, 1996;  and
(4) the  description  of the Company's  Common Stock  contained in the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated  September 6, 1996, and any amendment or report
filed by the Company for the purpose of updating such description. Each document
filed pursuant to Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act by the
Company  subsequent to the date of this  Prospectus but prior to the termination
of this  offering  shall be  deemed  to be  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Prospectus  and to be a  part  hereof  from  the  date  of the  filing  of  such
documents.  Any  statement  contained  in  this  Prospectus  or  in  a  document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded  for purposes of this  Prospectus to the extent that a
statement  contained  herein or in any other  subsequently  filed document which
also  is or is  deemed  to be  incorporated  by  reference  herein  modifies  or
supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed,  except as so  modified  or  superseded,  to  constitute  a part of this
Prospectus.

           THE COMPANY WILL PROVIDE,  WITHOUT CHARGE, TO EACH PERSON,  INCLUDING
ANY BENEFICIAL  OWNER, TO WHOM A COPY OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS DELIVERED,  UPON THE
WRITTEN OR ORAL REQUEST OF ANY SUCH PERSON, A COPY OF ANY DOCUMENT  INCORPORATED
BY REFERENCE IN THIS  PROSPECTUS  (OTHER THAN EXHIBITS  UNLESS SUCH EXHIBITS ARE
EXPRESSLY  INCORPORATED  BY REFERENCE  IN SUCH  DOCUMENTS).  REQUESTS  SHOULD BE
DIRECTED TO AUTOLOGIC INFORMATION INTERNATIONAL, INC., 1050 RANCHO CONEJO BLVD.,
THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320-1717 ATTENTION:
JOHN GRIFFIN, CONTROLLER.


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                                   THE COMPANY

           The  Company  and  its  subsidiaries  design,  develop,  manufacture,
assemble,  integrate,  market,  sell and service  computerized image setting and
publication  systems  equipment and software that automate the various  prepress
production steps in the publishing process. The Company's products are primarily
marketed  and  sold  to  the  newspaper,   publishing  and  commercial  printing
industries and to companies and other  organizations  having internal publishing
facilities.

           The Company was incorporated  under the laws of the State of Delaware
on  September  15,  1995 as  Autologic,  Incorporated  and  changed  its name to
Autologic Information  International Inc. on November 8, 1995. The Company was a
wholly-owned  subsidiary of Volt Information  Sciences,  Inc. (together with its
wholly-owned  subsidiary,  Nuco I, Ltd.,  which owns of record the shares of the
Company referred to herein as owned by Volt, are collectively referred to herein
as "Volt")  until  January 29, 1996 when,  pursuant to the terms of an Agreement
and Plan of Merger dated October 5, 1995 (as subsequently  amended,  the "Merger
Agreement")  among Volt, the Company and Triple-I,  Volt caused its wholly-owned
California subsidiary,  Autologic, Incorporated ("Autologic"), to be merged with
and into the Company and  contemporaneously  caused all of the capital  stock of
certain  foreign   subsidiaries  of  Volt  (the  "Volt   Subsidiaries"),   which
constituted part of its Autologic  operations,  to be transferred to the Company
(unless the context  otherwise  requires,  Autologic,  Incorporated and the Volt
Subsidiaries are collectively referred to herein as "Autologic"), while Triple-I
was,  pursuant  to a vote of its  stockholders,  also  merged  with and into the
Company  (such  transactions  being  collectively  referred  to  herein  as  the
"Merger").  In  consideration  for the  merger  of  Triple-I  into the  Company,
Triple-I  stockholders  received  2,429,870  shares of Common  Stock  (including
58,500 shares issued to Volt in exchange for Triple-I common stock owned by Volt
prior to the  Merger).  In  consideration  of the merger of  Autologic  into the
Company and the transfer of the capital  stock of the Volt  Subsidiaries  to the
Company,  Volt received  3,333,000  shares of the Common  Stock.  As part of the
Merger  Agreement,  the Company assumed all options to purchase  Triple-I common
stock held on June 25, 1995 by those who were officers,  directors and employees
of Triple-I ("Triple-I Options"),  and agreed to a formula to limit the dilution
of Volt's  percentage  ownership  of the Company as a result of the  exercise of
Triple-I  Options through the issuance to Volt of 100 shares of Common Stock for
every 590  shares of Common  Stock  issued  with  respect  to  Triple-I  Options
exercised.  After giving effect to Triple-I Options exercised through August 31,
1996, at that date Volt owned 3,400,186  shares  (inclusive of the 58,500 shares
it received  in exchange  for the  Triple-I  common  stock owned by it and 8,686
shares  issued  or  issuable  to it as a  result  of the  exercise  of  Triple-I
Options),  or approximately 59% of the Company's outstanding and issuable Common
Stock,  while the former Triple-I  stockholders  (other than Volt) and those who
have exercised Triple-I Options (and transferees of former Triple-I stockholders
and such  optionholders)  owned 2,391,370  shares,  or approximately  41% of the
Company's  outstanding  and issuable  Common Stock.  If all  remaining  Triple-I
Options (to purchase 450,000 shares of Common Stock) were exercised,  Volt would
receive an additional  76,271 shares of Common Stock and, assuming no additional
shares were issued by the  Company or  disposed of by Volt prior  thereto,  Volt
would own  approximately  55% and the former Triple-I  stockholders  (other than
Volt) and holders of Triple-I Options (and their respective  transferees)  would
own approximately 45% of the then outstanding Common Stock.

           The Company's  principal executive offices are located at 1050 Rancho
Conejo Boulevard,  Thousand Oaks, California 91360-1717 and its telephone number
is (805) 498-9611.


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                                  RISK FACTORS

           In evaluating an  investment  in the Company,  prospective  investors
should  carefully  consider the following  risk factors in addition to the other
information  included  herein  and in the  information  incorporated  herein  by
reference  (see  "Information   Incorporated  By  Reference",   above).  Certain
statements included in this Prospectus (and the information  incorporated herein
by reference)  concerning  the Company's  future  results,  future  performance,
intentions,  objectives,  plans and expectations are forward-looking statements.
Those  statements  are  subject  to a number  of known  and  unknown  risks  and
uncertainties  that,  in addition to general  economic and  business  conditions
(both in the  United  States  and in the  overseas  markets  where  the  Company
distributes products), could cause actual results,  performance and achievements
to differ  materially  from those  described  or implied in the  forward-looking
statements.  Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include,
but are not limited to, those discussed below.


NO ASSURANCE THAT THE COMPANY WILL REALIZE ANTICIPATED BENEFITS FROM THE MERGER

           Both  Autologic  and  Triple-I  reported  losses  during the past few
years.  While the Board of Directors of the Company believes that the Merger has
produced certain  synergies and cost savings,  and should continue to provide an
opportunity for additional  synergies and cost savings, in addition to the other
risk factors  described below, a number of factors,  including,  but not limited
to, the  following,  could affect the Company's  ability to fully  implement the
anticipated  synergies and cost savings and could adversely affect the Company's
profitability  even if such  synergies and cost savings were fully  implemented:
(i) the Company's ability to successfully integrate the managements and employee
bases of Autologic  and  Triple-I  that  previously  operated  independently  as
competitors;  (ii) the Company's ability to successfully  combine the facilities
and other  aspects  of the  businesses  of  Autologic  and  Triple-I;  (iii) the
Company's  ability to implement a sufficient number of the intended cost savings
techniques to realize anticipated savings and maximize the anticipated synergies
resulting  from the  Merger;  (iv) the time it will  take and  costs  that  will
actually  be  incurred  in  combining,  and  eliminating  duplicate,  staffs and
facilities of Autologic and Triple-I; (v) the effect which work force reductions
that are being implemented may have on remaining employees, (vi) the reaction of
competitors to the Merger and the plans and programs  implemented by competitors
in response to the Merger; and (vii) whether the Company's  increased size (over
that of Autologic and Triple-I individually) will actually enable it to increase
its purchasing power.  Accordingly,  there can be no assurances that the Company
will  realize the  anticipated  synergies or long-term  cost  savings,  that the
Company will ultimately realize the anticipated  benefits of the Merger nor that
the Company will be profitable.

INCONSISTENT HISTORICAL RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

           Both  Autologic  and  Triple-I  have  historically  experienced  wide
variations in their quarterly and annual results of operations.  There can be no
assurance  that such  variations  will not  continue  in the  future or that the
Company will be profitable on an overall basis.

           During  the  first  full  quarter  (ended  May 3,  1996) of  combined
operations  of  Triple-I  and  Autologic,  the  Company  reported  net income of
$840,000,  or $.15 per share  based on a weighted  average of  5,775,000  shares
outstanding, on revenues of $25.9 million. For the quarter ended August 2, 1996,
the second full fiscal quarter of combined  operations,  the Company  reported a
net loss of $678,000, or $.12 per share based on a weighted average of 5,788,000
shares  outstanding,  on revenues of $21.6 million.  The loss resulted from slow
domestic sales, primarily due to intense competition.  European and Asia/Pacific
sales remained strong with continued profitability.


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           For the nine months ended  August 2, 1996 the Company  reported a net
loss of $3.6  million,  or $.71  per  shares  based  on a  weighted  average  of
5,032,000 shares outstanding,  on revenues of $64.1 million. For the nine months
ended July 28, 1995, the Company  reported a loss of $4.0 million,  or $1.19 per
share based on a weighted average of 3,337,000 shares  outstanding,  on revenues
of $49.4 million.

           Since the mergers of Autologic  and Triple-I  occurred on January 29,
1996 to form the  Company's  operations,  results for the fiscal 1996 nine month
period reflect only six months of combined  operations and results for the three
month and nine month  periods of fiscal 1996 are not  comparable  to results for
the  corresponding  fiscal  1995  periods  which  reflect  only the  results  of
operations of Autologic.

PRESSURES ON MARGINS

           As  a  result  of  increasing  competition,  direct  distribution  of
equipment and software by certain dealers who typically discount equipment sales
prices in order to foster their future sale of  ancillary  products,  as well as
changing  patterns of customer  purchasing  which have produced an industry-wide
trend  toward the  purchase  of "open  systems" in which  customers  are able to
assemble  component  products  themselves from several  different  sources,  the
industry,  including the Company,  has experienced  downward  pressure on profit
margins on sales of equipment and software (see " --  Competition",  below).  In
addition,  the  Company's  base models of 3850  imagers,  introduced by Triple-I
approximately  four years ago, is subject to intense  competition  from products
developed by competitors, resulting in downward pressures on profit margins. The
Company  has begun  introducing  improved  versions  of its 3850  imagers and is
otherwise  seeking to reduce costs to improve  profit  margins.  However,  it is
likely that such  competition  will  continue to increase  and that the downward
pressures  on  gross  profit  margins  on the  Company's  sales of  systems  and
equipment will continue.  Gross profit margins on customer  services for each of
Autologic and Triple-I have likewise been under considerable  pressure in recent
years,  although steps taken since the Merger have resulted in improved customer
service gross profit margins for the Company.  The pressure on customer  service
gross profit  margins is also  attributable  to the industry trend towards using
open systems which enable the user to service some  equipment  in-house  and/or,
because such products are more software  oriented,  obtain some service from the
Company through remote data transfer, rather than on-site.

CONTROL OF THE COMPANY BY VOLT

           Volt   presently  owns  3,395,500  and  is  entitled  to  receive  an
additional  4,686 (or  approximately  59% of the  outstanding)  shares of Common
Stock. Charles Ying, Leroy Bell, John Kountz and Ralph Roth, former stockholders
of  Triple-I  and  present   stockholders   of  the  Company,   entered  into  a
Shareholders'  Stock Voting  Agreement  with Volt (the "Voting  Agreement") as a
condition to completion of the Merger,  which provides  that,  until January 28,
1998, Volt and the other parties to the Voting  Agreement will vote their shares
of Common Stock to elect Messrs.  Ying, Kountz,  Roth and Alden Edwards,  former
directors  of  Triple-I  (or,  if any  ceases to be a  director,  a  replacement
selected by Mr. Ying or his successor  under the Voting  Agreement)  and another
director who will be selected by Volt after  consultation  with (but not subject
to the approval of) Mr. Ying, as well as four nominees of Volt, as the Company's
nine member Board of  Directors.  Mr. Ying has since  resigned as a director and
been replaced by Mr. Leroy Bell pursuant to the Voting Agreement.  After January
28, 1998,  by virtue of its position as a majority  stockholder  of the Company,
Volt will be able to elect all of the  directors  of the  Company and direct all
fundamental corporate policy and transactions. Volt's control position will make
third-party  attempts to seek mergers,  tender  offers,  proxy  contests  and/or
changes of management  impossible  without  negotiation with and the approval of
Volt,  even if other  stockholders  consider  such a  transaction  in their best
interest.  Accordingly,  minority stockholders may be deprived of an opportunity
to sell their  shares at a  substantial  premium  over the  market  price of the
Company Common Stock.



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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

           Messrs. William Shaw, Jerome Shaw and James J. Groberg,  directors of
the Company, are also directors and officers of Volt. Accordingly,  conflicts of
interest could arise for such persons in connection with relationships which are
expected  to arise  between  Volt and the  Company.  As part of the  Merger,  on
January 29, 1996, the Company entered into a three-year lease for  approximately
134,000 square feet of space in Thousand Oaks,  California  from a subsidiary of
Volt at a rental based upon  prevailing  rentals  charged in the area. The lease
provides,  among other  things,  that during the first seven months of its term,
the Company's Board of Directors may unilaterally,  but acting in good faith and
utilizing  certain  reasonableness  standards,  increase  or  decrease  the base
rentals  (based on prevailing  rents for  comparable  space in the area) and the
duration  of the lease or  decrease  the  amount of space  rented  (based on the
Company's  reasonable  needs).  The time  frame  for the  Company  to make  such
decisions  has been  extended.  After  January 29, 1998 and during the remaining
term of the lease, the Company's Board of Directors may again, unilaterally, but
in good faith and utilizing the same standards, redetermine whether there should
be a further increase or decrease in the base rent and/or increase (if the space
is then available) or decrease the amount of rented space.  Volt has also agreed
to provide to the Company credit facilities of $2,250,000 in such manner as Volt
shall determine in its sole discretion (see " -- Future Capital Requirements and
Financial Risk", below). In addition certain of Volt's divisions or subsidiaries
have in the past purchased  equipment from Autologic and, while not obligated to
do so, may in the future  purchase  equipment from the Company,  for integration
into systems for their own use or for sale to their customers.  Since the Merger
the Company has retained  Volt's  internal  legal  department  to perform  legal
services  for the  Company at a fee of $3,000 per month and has  retained  other
Volt departments to perform foreign currency hedging and certain human resources
functions,  the fees for which have not been material. The Company also retained
Volt, after having received bids from Volt and third parties, to perform certain
telecommunications  work at a cost of  $305,000.  The  Company  may,  but is not
obligated to, request Volt to perform other general and administrative  services
for the Company depending upon the Company's needs. In addition, Volt has agreed
that, until January 28, 1998, all proposed transactions between Volt or any Volt
affiliate and the Company (except when Volt or a Volt affiliate  purchases goods
or services from the Company at the Company's  then current  market price) shall
be brought to and approved by a majority of the  Company's  Board of  Directors.
Transactions  pursuant  to which  Volt or a Volt  affiliate  purchases  goods or
services  from the Company at the  Company's  then current  market price are not
required  to be  brought  to the  Company's  Board  of  Directors,  because,  in
virtually  every  such  instance,  the  Company  would be  treating  Volt or its
affiliates in the same way as it treats other  customers.  The Merger  Agreement
does not,  however,  preclude Board review of such situations,  all of which, in
any event,  would be covered by  applicable  Delaware  law.  Under the  Delaware
General Corporation Law, contracts or transactions  between Volt and the Company
are not void or voidable solely because the  corporations  have common directors
who vote  thereon,  so long as the  contracts  or  transactions  are fair to the
corporation at the time they are authorized and,  accordingly,  all directors of
the Company,  whether or not they are  directors or employees of Volt,  may vote
and such votes may be counted toward the requisite  minimum for approval.  While
it is intended by the Company and Volt management that all transactions  will be
negotiated on an arm's length basis,  there can be no assurance that such prices
will, in fact, be fair to the Company.

COMPETITION

           The Company  operates in a highly  competitive  marketplace with many
competitors.  The  Company's  position in its markets  depends  largely upon its
reputation,  the quality,  design and pricing of its products, the timeliness of
its deliveries and its field service. Technological advancements,  "open system"
architecture and general market  conditions have  significantly  increased price
competition.  While the Merger is expected to improve the  Company's  ability to
compete with others, a number of firms, some of which are  substantially  larger
and have substantially greater financial resources than the Company, manufacture
one or more prepress  products  competing  with each of the  Company's  prepress
products. Some of these competitors sell their products as


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complete  prepress  systems,  for some of which  the  Company  has no  competing
systems. Certain competitors grant significant discounts of their products which
compete  with the  Company's  products  in order to promote  sales of  ancillary
products as to which the Company has no competing  product.  See "--Pressures on
Margins",  above. While the Merger has enabled the Company to expand its product
offerings somewhat,  there will still be some prepress systems offered by others
for which the Company will still not offer any competing systems.

ABILITY TO EXPAND MARKET BASE

           Prior to the Merger, both Autologic and Triple-I had attempted,  with
varying  degrees of  success,  to expand  their  markets  to include  commercial
printers and other non-traditional  customers,  in addition to their traditional
newspaper  market.  One factor in any future  success of the Company will be the
degree  to  which  the  Company  is able  to  expand  the  customer  base,  both
internationally and in the United States, of its predecessor companies. Although
management of the Company  believes that the Company should be able to penetrate
the broader  market,  nevertheless,  because there are many  competitors  in the
broader market,  many of whom are better  entrenched and have greater  financial
resources than the Company, it may prove difficult for the Company to accomplish
this goal and there can be no  assurance  that  such  potential  customers  will
purchase  the  Company's  products  in  sufficient  quantities  to  justify  the
Company's increased selling effort.

POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF REDUCED LEAD TIMES

           Because  lead times in the  industry in filling  customer  orders are
becoming shorter, manufacturers, including the Company, may experience a greater
dependence than in the past on accurate  short-term  sales forecasts in order to
avoid  carrying an excess of inventory at any given time which could require the
need for additional  working capital or, in the event that a product or products
becomes obsolete, could require inventory write-offs. There can be no assurance,
given the rapid pace at which new products are  introduced in the market and the
changes in technology, that the Company will not in the future experience either
excess  inventory  (and  a  concomitant   need  for  additional   liquidity)  or
obsolescence  of  inventory.  Any such  write-offs or  write-downs  could have a
material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations for the quarterly
or annual  periods in which any such loss  occurs,  as well as on the  Company's
financial position.

ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF SKILLED PERSONNEL

           The  Company's  success is dependent  upon its ability to attract and
retain  technologically  qualified  personnel who possess the specialized skills
required by the Company,  particularly  in the areas of research and development
and customer service, for which there is substantial competition.  Following the
Merger,  the loss of certain key employees in specialized fields has caused some
delay in completing certain new products. There is no assurance that the Company
will be successful in recruiting or retaining personnel of the requisite caliber
or in adequate numbers.

FUTURE CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS AND FINANCIAL RISK

           Volt  has  agreed  to  provide  the  Company  credit   facilities  of
$2,250,000  until January 28, 1998 in such manner as Volt shall determine in its
sole  discretion,  with such  credit to be  extended at the prime rate in effect
from time to time at Chemical Bank. No portion of this credit  facility has been
drawn upon  through  the date of this  Prospectus.  The  foregoing  limit on the
amount of the credit  facilities  was  established  by  negotiation  between the
parties to the Merger  Agreement and reflected their mutual estimate at the time
of cash  requirements for the business of the Company during the first two years
following the Merger. The Company believes that cash flows which it will be able
to generate from its operations, together with such credit facilities, should be
sufficient to support its operations  and growth  through  January 28, 1998; and
that, should additional financing be needed, it


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could be obtained from outside sources. Nevertheless, there is no assurance that
such cash  flows  and  credit  facilities  will be  sufficient  to  support  the
Company's  operations and growth,  or, despite its present  intention to provide
the  Company  with  financial  support,  that  Volt  will  continue  the  credit
facilities after the expiration of such two-year period.  Moreover,  there is no
assurance that the Company will be able to obtain such  additional  financing or
replacement financing or that, if it is available to the Company, such financing
will be on acceptable terms. The failure to generate  sufficient cash flows, the
termination  of Volt's  credit  facilities  and/or the  inability to obtain such
financing  could  have a  material  adverse  effect on the  Company's  business,
financial condition and results of operations.

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE

           The Company's  success will continue to be dependent,  in part,  upon
its ability to maintain a superior technological capability, foresee changes and
continue to  identify,  develop and  commercialize  innovative  and  competitive
products and systems.  One of the reasons of both Triple-I and Autologic for the
Merger was their desire to increase the amount  available  for  expenditure  for
research,  product  development  and  engineering  on a combined  basis over the
amount  which  could be spent by  either of them  alone  (while  reducing  their
aggregate  expenditures).  Nevertheless,  there  can be no  assurance  that  the
Company  will be  successful  in  developing  new  products to address  changing
technological  requirements,  that the Company can introduce  such products on a
timely  basis  or that the  Company's  existing  products  will  continue  to be
competitive,  that  the  Company  will be able to  adapt  existing  products  to
technological change and competition, or that products that are developed can be
successfully  and profitably  marketed.  Any or all of such factors could have a
material  adverse  effect on the  Company's  business.  Furthermore,  technology
changes may affect the Company's  ability to sell its inventories at appropriate
margins and/or require write-offs or write-downs of inventories..

NO ASSURANCE OF PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS

           The Company  does not  anticipate  paying cash  dividends in the near
term, but intends instead to retain any future earnings for  reinvestment in its
business.  Any  future  determination  to  pay  cash  dividends  will  be at the
discretion  of the Company's  Board of Directors and will be dependent  upon the
Company's  financial  condition,  results of operations,  capital  requirements,
terms of any debt  instruments  then in effect  and such  other  factors  as the
Company's Board of Directors may deem relevant.

SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE; REGISTRATION RIGHTS

           Sales of substantial amounts of Common Stock in the public market, or
the  perception  that  such  sales  could  occur,  could  adversely  affect  the
prevailing market price for the Common Stock. As at August 31, 1996, the Company
had  outstanding  (or  issuable)  5,798,556  shares  of Common  Stock,  of which
1,722,594 shares were freely tradeable.  Of the 4,075,962  remaining shares, (i)
658,276 are being registered  hereunder and will be freely tradeable  subject to
meeting applicable Prospectus delivery requirements (see "Selling  Stockholders"
and  "Plan  of  Distribution",  below),  (ii)  58,500  shares  owned by Volt and
approximately  17,500  shares owned by  directors  of the Company are  presently
eligible for sale under Rules 144 under the Securities Act ("Rule 144") and Rule
145, (iii) 3,333,000  shares owned by Volt will become eligible for resale under
Rule 144 on January 29, 1998 (one year earlier if a proposal being considered by
the  Commission to reduce the Rule 144 holding period from two years to one year
is adopted) and (iv) 8,686  shares  owned by Volt will become  eligible for sale
under Rule 144 at various times thereafter, in the case of Rule 144 and Rule 145
sales,  subject to  compliance  with the volume  and other  requirements  of the
applicable rule. As part of the Merger,  the Company entered into a Registration
Rights  Agreement  with Volt  affording Volt the right to require the Company to
file  registration  statements under the Securities Act on one or more occasions
with respect to, and (subject to certain conditions) to include on a "piggyback"
basis in any other registration statement filed by the Company, any Common Stock
owned by Volt


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or any of its affiliates.  Volt's rights are not subject to any time or (in most
cases)  "standstill"  period restricting Volt's exercises of the rights afforded
to it.

                              SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

           The following  table sets forth  information,  as at August 31, 1996,
with  respect to (i) each  Selling  Stockholder's  beneficial  ownership  of the
Company's  Common  Stock prior to the  offering of any Shares  hereunder by such
Selling  Stockholder,  (ii) the number of Shares  which may be offered  for sale
hereunder  and  (iii) the  number  shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock to be
beneficially owned by each Selling  Stockholder after the offering (assuming the
sale of all Shares being offered hereunder).

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               Shares of
                                Shares of Common Stock          Common          Shares of Common Stock
Name of Selling                Beneficially Owned Prior       Stock to be         Beneficially Owned
Stockholder (1)                      to Offering           Offered Hereunder        After Offering
- ---------------                ------------------------    -----------------    ----------------------
                                 Number        Percent                             Number     Percent
                                 ------        -------                             ------     -------
<S>                             <C>              <C>            <C>                  <C>          <C>
Fidelity International
Limited . . . . . . . . . . .   372,057          6.4%           372,057              0            0
FMR Corp. . . . . . . . . . .   189,671          3.3%           189,671              0            0
Fidelity American Special                                                         
Situations Trust . . . . . . .   96,548          1.7%            96,548              0            0
                                -------         ----            -------            ---          ---
            Total               658,276         11.4%           658,276              0            0
                                =======         =====           -------            ---          ---
</TABLE>
- ----------------                                                               

(1)        Fidelity  International  Limited  ("FIL"),  whose address is Pembroke
           Hall, 42 Crow Lane,  Hamilton,  Bermuda,  owns 372,057 Shares for its
           own  account.  FMR Corp.  ("FMR"),  whose  address  is 82  Devonshire
           Street, Boston,  Massachusetts 02109, owns 189,671 Shares for its own
           account. Fidelity American Special Situations Trust ("FASST"),  whose
           address is  Pembroke  Hall,  42 Crow Lane,  Hamilton,  Bermuda,  owns
           96,548  Shares  for  its  own  account.  A  subsidiary  of FIL  and a
           subsidiary of FMR are the advisor and sub-advisor,  respectively,  of
           FASST. FIL and FMR own beneficially, for purposes of Section 13(d) of
           the  Exchange  Act,  the  Shares  owned  by  FASST.  While  there  is
           significant  common  ownership of the voting stock of FIL and FMR and
           some common directors, FIL and FMR is each of the view that it is not
           acting  together  with the other as a "group"  regarding  the  Shares
           beneficially  owned by it and it is not  required  to  include in the
           number of Shares it  beneficially  owns for purposes of Section 13(d)
           of the Exchange Act the Shares beneficially owned by the other.

           The Shares were acquired by the Selling Stockholders in the Merger in
exchange for their shares of common stock of Triple I and  represent  all of the
Common  Stock  issued to the Selling  Stockholders  in the  Merger.  The Selling
Stockholders,  as a  group,  by  virtue  of  their  ownership  of  27.2%  of the
outstanding  common stock of Triple-I prior to the Merger,  may have been deemed
to have been an  "affiliate"  (within  the  meaning  of the  Securities  Act) of
Triple-I prior to the Merger. Absent sales under a registration statement,  Rule
145 under the Securities Act places certain  restrictions on the transfer of the
Shares. Among other restrictions,  Rule 145 places a limitation on the number of
shares  which  affiliates  of Triple-I  may sell during any  three-month  period
(which  limitation  lapses two years  after the Merger as to persons who did not
become  affiliates  of the  Company)  to  the  greater  of 1% of  the  Company's
outstanding  Common Stock or the average  weekly trading volume in the Company's
Common Stock during the four calendar week preceding the sale.

           The Registration  Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part was
filed with the Commission  pursuant to a Registration  Rights Agreement  between
the Company and the Selling Stockholders (the "Fidelity


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Registration  Rights  Agreement")  entered into in connection with the Merger in
which the  Company  agreed to file a "shelf"  registration  statement  under the
Securities Act to enable the Selling  Stockholders  to offer and sell, from time
to time, the Shares.  The Fidelity  Registration  Rights Agreement  requires the
Company to keep the Registration  Statement  continuously effective until all of
the Shares may be sold without  such  registration.  The  Fidelity  Registration
Rights  Agreement  also affords the Selling  Stockholders  the right (subject to
certain  limitations) to require the Company to file one registration  statement
under the Securities Act in connection with an  underwritten  public offering of
the Shares for the Selling  Stockholders  and to  "piggyback," on two occasions,
the Shares in any other  registration  statement  filed by the Company under the
Securities  Act in connection  with an  underwritten  public  offering of Common
Stock,  whether for the account of the Company or a third party.  The Company is
to bear  all  costs of  registration,  other  than  underwriting  discounts  and
commissions  and brokerage  commissions  and fees and expenses of any counsel or
accountants  retained  by the  Selling  Stockholders.  The  registration  rights
afforded the Selling  Stockholders  cease at such time as the Shares may be sold
without any  restriction or limitation on the number that may be sold under Rule
145 under the  Securities  Act (in general,  January 29, 1998) or have been sold
pursuant to a registration  statement or Rule 144 under the Securities  Act. The
Fidelity  Registration  Rights  Agreement also contains  provisions by which the
Company is to indemnify the Selling  Stockholders (and persons who control them)
with  respect  to  misstatements  and  omissions  contained  in any  such  filed
registration  statements  (including this  Registration  Statement) except those
made in reliance upon information  furnished by the Selling  Stockholders (as to
which the Company is to be  indemnified).  The Selling  Stockholders  may assign
their rights  under the Fidelity  Registration  Rights  Agreement,  provided the
assignee enters into a written  agreement with the Company  agreeing to be bound
by the terms of the Fidelity  Registration Rights Agreement and further provided
that all decisions as to demanding or requesting  registration shall remain with
the Selling Stockholders.

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

           The Shares may be offered for sale by the Selling  Stockholders  from
time  to  time  in  the   over-the-counter   market,  in  privately   negotiated
transactions  or otherwise at market  prices  prevailing at the time of sale, at
prices related to such  prevailing  market prices or at negotiated  prices.  The
Shares  may be  sold  by one or  more of the  following  methods:  (a)  ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker solicits purchasers;
(b) purchases by a broker or dealer as principal,  and the resale by such broker
or dealer for its  account  pursuant  to this  Prospectus,  including  resale to
another  broker or  dealer;  (c) a block  trade in which the broker or dealer so
engaged  will  attempt to sell the Shares as agent but may position and resell a
portion of the block as principal in order to facilitate the transaction; or (d)
negotiated  transactions between one or more Selling Stockholders and purchasers
without a broker or dealer. In connection with any sales, a Selling  Stockholder
and broker or dealer  participating  in such sales may be deemed  "underwriters"
within the meaning of the Securities Act.

           Brokers  or  dealers   selling  under  this  Prospectus  may  receive
discounts,   commissions  or  concessions  from  a  Selling  Stockholder  and/or
purchasers  of the Shares for whom such broker or dealers may act as agents,  or
to  whom  they  may  sell as  principal,  or both  (which  compensation  as to a
particular broker or dealer may be in excess of customary commissions). Any such
discounts,  commissions and concessions and any profits  realized on the sale of
Shares may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act.

           The  Shares  may be  sold  under  Rule  145  instead  of  under  this
Prospectus   subject  to  compliance  with  volume  limitations  and  all  other
requirements  of Rule 145 until  January 29, 1998 and,  until  January 29, 1999,
subject to Rule 145's  requirement  that the  Company  is, at the time,  of sale
current in its periodic reporting requirements under the Exchange Act.

           The Selling Stockholders have been advised by the Company that during
the time each is engaged in distributing Shares covered by this Prospectus, each
must comply with Rules 10b-5 and 10b-6 under the


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Exchange  Act, and  pursuant  thereto:  (i) may not engage in any  stabilization
activity in  connection  with the Company's  securities;  (ii) must furnish each
broker through which Common Stock covered by this  Prospectus may be offered the
number of copies of this Prospectus which are required by such broker; and (iii)
may not bid for or purchase any  securities  of the Company or attempt to induce
any person to purchase any of the Company's  securities  other than as permitted
under the Exchange Act.

                                  LEGAL MATTERS

           The validity of the Common Stock offered  hereby has been passed upon
by Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl,  LLP, 1211 Avenue of the Americas,  New York,
New York 10036.

                                     EXPERTS

           The  consolidated  financial  statements and schedules of the Company
and  Autologic  and  those  of  Triple-I,  incorporated  by  reference  from the
Company's Registration  Statement on Form S-4, have been audited,  respectively,
by Ernst & Young, LLP and Arthur Andersen,  LLP, independent public accountants,
as set forth in their reports thereon included  therein and incorporated  herein
by reference. Such financial statements and schedules are incorporated herein by
reference in reliance  upon such reports  given upon the authority of such firms
as experts in accounting and auditing.



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    NO PERSON  HAS BEEN  AUTHORIZED
IN  CONNECTION  WITH  THE  OFFERING
MADE HEREBY TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION
OR TO MAKE ANY  REPRESENTATION  NOT
CONTAINED IN THIS  PROSPECTUS  AND,
IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH  INFORMATION
OR  REPRESENTATIONS   MUST  NOT  BE
RELIED    UPON   AS   HAVING   BEEN
AUTHORIZED  BY  THE  COMPANY,   THE
SELLING  STOCKHOLDERS  OR ANY OTHER
PERSON. NEITHER THIS PROSPECTUS NOR
ANY  SUPPLEMENT TO THIS  PROSPECTUS
CONSTITUTES  AN  OFFER TO SELL OR A
SOLICITATION  OF AN  OFFER  TO BUY,
ANY SECURITIES IN ANY  JURISDICTION
WHERE, OR TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM, IT
IS  UNLAWFUL  TO MAKE SUCH AN OFFER
OR   SOLICITATION.    NEITHER   THE
DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY                    658,276 SHARES
SUPPLEMENT TO THIS  PROSPECTUS  NOR                           
ANY   SALE   MADE    HEREUNDER   OR                           
THEREUNDER    SHALL,    UNDER   ANY                           
CIRCUMSTANCES,      CREATE      ANY                           
IMPLICATION  THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO                           
CHANGE  IN  THE   AFFAIRS   OF  THE                 AUTOLOGIC INFORMATION
COMPANY  SINCE  THE DATE  HEREOF OR                  INTERNATIONAL, INC.
THEREOF  OR  THAT  THE  INFORMATION                           
CONTAINED  HEREIN IS  CORRECT AS OF                    COMMON STOCK
ANY TIME  SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE AS                           
OF  WHICH   SUCH   INFORMATION   IS                           
FURNISHED.                                                    
                                                              
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         TABLE OF CONTENTS                              PROSPECTUS        
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Available Information.............2                           
Information Incorporated                                      
 by Reference.....................2                           
The Company.......................3                           
Risk Factors......................4                           
Selling Stockholders..............9                           
Plan of Distribution.............10
Legal Matters....................11
Experts..........................11              September    , 1996


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                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS


ITEM 14.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION

           The estimated  expenses (all of which are being borne by the Company)
in  connection  with the  issuance  and  distribution  of the  securities  being
registered are:


           Filing Fee for Registration Statement ...............   $   1,730.82
           Legal and Accounting Fees and Expenses ..............       5,000.00
           Miscellaneous .......................................         769.18
                                                                   ------------
                TOTAL ..........................................   $   7,500.00


ITEM 15.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

           Section 145 of the  Delaware  General  Corporation  Law (the  "DGCL")
provides,  in general, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is
a party  or is  threatened  to be made a party  to any  threatened,  pending  or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative  (other  than a  "derivative"  action  by or in the  right of such
corporation),  by  reason of the fact  that  such  person is or was a  director,
officer,  employee or agent of such  corporation,  against  expenses  (including
attorneys' fees), judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a
manner  such  person  reasonably  believed  to be in or not  opposed to the best
interests of such  corporation,  and,  with  respect to any  criminal  action or
proceeding,  had no  reasonable  cause  to  believe  such  persons  conduct  was
unlawful.  A similar standard is applicable under Section 145 of the DGCL in the
case of derivative actions,  except that no indemnification  shall be made where
the person is adjudged to be liable to such  corporation  unless and only to the
extent  that the Court of  Chancery  of the State of  Delaware,  or the court in
which  such  action  was  brought,  determines  that such  person is fairly  and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses.

           The Company's  Certificate of Incorporation  and Bylaws,  Exhibit 4.1
and  4.2,  respectively,   to  this  Registration  Statement,  provide  for  the
indemnification  of the Company's  directors and officers to the fullest  extent
permitted by the DGCL.

           The Company's  officers and  directors are covered by directors'  and
officers' liability insurance policies, maintained by Volt Information Sciences,
Inc., the majority stockholder of the Company.


ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT NUMBER                 DESCRIPTION

2.1+              Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger,  dated as of October 5,
                  1995,  as  amended  as  of  November  11,  1995,   among  Volt
                  Information    Sciences,     Inc.,    Autologic    Information
                  International,  Inc. (formerly,  Autologic,  Incorporated) and
                  Information International, Inc. (Included as Appendix I to the
                  Consent Statement/Prospectus).

4.1+              Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

4.2+              Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.



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5.1*              Opinion of Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl, LLP.

15.1*             Letter from Ernst & Young LLP re: unaudited  interim financial
                  information.

23.1*             Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23.2*             Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

23.3*             Consent of Parker  Chapin  Flattau & Klimpl,  LLP (included in
                  their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).

99.1              Shareholders' Stock Voting Agreement among Volt, Charles Ying,
                  Leroy Bell, John Kountz and Ralph Roth. Incorporated herein by
                  reference  to  Exhibit  10.4  to  the  Company's  Registration
                  Statement on Form S-4 (No. 33-99278).

99.2              Registration  Rights  Agreement  among Fidelity  International
                  Limited,  FMR Corp.,  American and Fidelity Special Situations
                  Trust and the  Company.  Incorporated  herein by  reference to
                  Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's  Registration  Statement on Form
                  S-4 (No. 33-99278).

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*    Filed herewith.

+    Incorporated  by  reference  to  the  similarly-numbered   Exhibit  to  the
     Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 33-99278).

ITEM 17.  UNDERTAKINGS

           The   undersigned   Registrant   hereby   undertakes,    insofar   as
indemnification  for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the  Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, that the Registrant has been
advised  that in the opinion of the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  such
indemnification  is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in the  Act and is,
therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities  (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling  person of the Registrant in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction  the  question  of whether  such  indemnification  by it is against
public  policy  as  expressed  in the Act  and  will be  governed  by the  final
adjudication of such issue.

           The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

               (1) To file, during any period in which offers of sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                      (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act of 1933;


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                      (ii) To  reflect  in the  prospectus  any  facts or events
arising  after the  effective  date of the  Registration  Statement (or the most
recent  post-effective   amendment  thereof)  which,   individually  or  in  the
aggregate,  represent a fundamental  change in the  information set forth in the
Registration Statement; and

                      (iii) To include any material  information with respect to
the plan of distribution  previously disclosed in the Registration  Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

provided,  however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those
paragraphs  is  contained  in periodic  reports  filed with or  furnished to the
Commission by the  Registrant  pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are  incorporated  by  reference  in the  Registration
Statement.

               (2) That, for the purpose of determining  any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and

               (3) To  remove  from  the  Registration  Statement  by means of a
post-effective  amendment any of the securities  being  registered  which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.

           The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes that for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Registration  Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities  offered herein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


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                                   SIGNATURES

           Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
the  requirements  for  filing  on Form S-3 and has duly  caused  this  Form S-3
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized in Thousand Oaks, California on the 30th day of August, 1996.


                                       AUTOLOGIC INFORMATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.


                                       By: /s/ Dennis D. Doolittle
                                          ------------------------
                                          Dennis D. Doolittle, Vice Chairman


SIGNATURE                     TITLE                            DATE

/s/ William Shaw              Chairman of the Board, Chief     August 30, 1996
- ------------------------      Executive Officer and Director
William Shaw



/s/ John Griffin              Controller and Principal         August 30, 1996
- ------------------------      Accounting Officer
John Griffin



/s/ Leroy Bell                Director                         August 30, 1996
- ------------------------
Leroy Bell



/s/ Alden Edwards             Director                         August 30, 1996
- ------------------------
Alden Edwards



/s/ Dennis D. Doolittle       Director                         August 30, 1996
- ------------------------
Dennis D. Doolittle



/s/ James J. Groberg          Director                         August 30, 1996
- ------------------------
James J. Groberg



/s/ John R. Kountz            Director                         August 30, 1996
- ------------------------
John R. Kountz



/s/ Paul Mcgarrell            Director                         August 30, 1996
- ------------------------
Paul McGarrell



/s/ Ralph S. Roth             Director                         August 30, 1996
- ------------------------
Ralph S. Roth



/s/ Jerome Shaw               Director                         August 30, 1996
- ------------------------
Jerome Shaw



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



EXHIBIT NUMBER                 DESCRIPTION

2.1+              Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger,  dated as of October 5,
                  1995,  as  amended  as  of  November  11,  1995,   among  Volt
                  Information    Sciences,     Inc.,    Autologic    Information
                  International,  Inc. (formerly,  Autologic,  Incorporated) and
                  Information International, Inc. (Included as Appendix I to the
                  Consent Statement/Prospectus).

4.1+              Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

4.2+              Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.

5.1*              Opinion of Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl, LLP.

15.1*             Letter from Ernst & Young LLP re: unaudited  interim financial
                  information.

23.1*             Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23.2*             Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

23.3*             Consent of Parker  Chapin  Flattau & Klimpl,  LLP (included in
                  their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).

99.1              Shareholders' Stock Voting Agreement among Volt, Charles Ying,
                  Leroy Bell, John Kountz and Ralph Roth. Incorporated herein by
                  reference  to  Exhibit  10.4  to  the  Company's  Registration
                  Statement on Form S-4 (No. 33-99278).

99.2              Registration  Rights  Agreement  among Fidelity  International
                  Limited,  FMR Corp.,  American and Fidelity Special Situations
                  Trust and the  Company.  Incorporated  herein by  reference to
                  Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's  Registration  Statement on Form
                  S-4 (No. 33-99278).

- -------------------
*    Filed herewith.

+    Incorporated  by  reference  to  the  similarly-numbered   Exhibit  to  the
     Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 33-99278).


                                      II-5




                                  [Letterhead]
                       PARKER CHAPIN FLATTAU & KLIMPL, LLP
                           1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036


                                September 6, 1996

Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Dear Sir or Madam:

           We have acted as counsel to Autologic Information International, Inc.
(the  "Company") in connection  with the filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 to which this opinion is an
exhibit (the "Registration  Statement") covering 658,276 shares of common stock,
par value $.01 per share, of the Company which the Selling Stockholders named in
the  Registration  Statement  propose  to  sell  pursuant  to  the  Registration
Statement (the "Shares").

           In  connection  with the  foregoing,  we have  examined,  among other
things, the Registration  Statement and original or copies,  satisfactory to us,
of all such corporate records and of all such agreements, certificates and other
documents as we have deemed  relevant  and  necessary as a basis for the opinion
hereinafter expressed.  In such examination,  we have assumed the genuineness of
all signatures,  the authenticity of all documents  submitted to us as originals
and the conformity with the original  documents of documents  submitted to us as
copies.  As to any facts  material to such opinion,  we have, to the extent that
relevant facts were not independently  established by us, relied on certificates
of public  officials and  certificates,  oaths and  declarations  of officers or
other representatives of the Company.

           Based upon and subject to the  foregoing,  we are of the opinion that
the Shares were duly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.

           We hereby  consent  to the use of our name under the  caption  "Legal
Matters" in the Prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement and
to the filing of a copy of this opinion as an exhibit thereto.

                                Very truly yours,

                                /s/ Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl, LLP

                                PARKER CHAPIN FLATTAU & KLIMPL, LLP







Shareholders and Board of Directors
Autologic Information International, Inc.

We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the S-3 Registration Statement
of Autologic Information International,  Inc. for registration of 658,276 shares
of Common  Stock of our report  dated March 13, 1996 and June 2, 1996 related to
the unaudited condensed  consolidated  interim financial statements of Autologic
Information  International,  Inc.  that are  included  in its Form  10-Q for the
quarters ended February 2, 1996 and May 3, 1996.

Pursuant to Rule  436(c) of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  our reports are not a
part of the registration  statement  prepared or certified by accountants within
the meaning of Section 7 or 11 of the Securities Act of 1933.

                                                    /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


September 3, 1996
Woodland Hills, California






                          CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP


We consent to the  reference to our firm under the caption  "Experts" in the S-3
Registration  Statement  pertaining  to the  registration  of 658,276  shares of
Common  Stock  of  Autologic   Information   International,   Inc.  and  to  the
incorporation  by reference  therein of our reports dated November 10, 1995 with
respect to the balance sheet of Autologic  Information  International,  Inc. and
January 2, 1996 with respect to the combined  financial  statements and schedule
of Autologic, Incorporated and Affiliates included in the Registration Statement
(Form S-4 No. 33- 99278),  of Autologic  Information  International,  Inc. filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                                    /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Woodland Hills, California
September 4, 1996








                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


As independent  public  accountants,  we hereby consent to the  incorporation by
reference in this  Registration  Statement (Form S-3) of our reports dated March
2, 1995 with respect to the  consolidated  financial  statements of  Information
International,  Inc. (and to all  references to our Firm)  included in or made a
part of the Consent Statement/Prospectus of Autologic Information International,
Inc. which is part of the  Registration  Statement (Form S-4, File No. 33-99278)
of Autologic Information  International,  Inc. for the registration of 2,966,120
shares of its common stock.

                                                   /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
                                                   --------------------------
                                                     Arthur Andersen LLP

Los Angeles, California
September 4, 1996





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