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SC 13G, 1997-02-13
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13G

                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                             (AMENDMENT NO.       )*
                                            ------

                          Optika Imaging Systems, Inc.
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                                (Name of Issuer)


                                  Common Stock
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                    683973101
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                                 (CUSIP Number)


Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement / /. (A fee
is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on file
reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).

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CUSIP No. 683973101                    13G                     Page  2  of   7
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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

     JMI Equity Fund, L.P.
     76-0367611
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a)  / /
                                                                        (b)  / /
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3    SEC USE ONLY

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4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     United States of America
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      NUMBER OF          5    SOLE VOTING POWER

       SHARES                 0 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
    BENEFICIALLY         6    SHARED VOTING POWER

      OWNED BY                400,533 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
        EACH             7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

      REPORTING               0 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
       PERSON            8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

        WITH                  400,533 shares
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9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     400,533 shares
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10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

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11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

     6.0% based on September 1996 10Q
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12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     PN
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                    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 683973101                    13G                     Page  3  of   7
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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

     JMI Partners, L.P.
     76-0367609
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a)  / /
                                                                        (b)  / /
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3    SEC USE ONLY

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4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     United States of America
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      NUMBER OF          5    SOLE VOTING POWER

       SHARES                 0 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
    BENEFICIALLY         6    SHARED VOTING POWER

      OWNED BY                400,533 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
        EACH             7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

      REPORTING               0 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
       PERSON            8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

        WITH                  400,533 shares
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9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     400,533 shares
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

     6.0% based on September 1996 10Q
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12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     PN
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                    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 683973101                    13G                     Page  4  of   7
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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

     Charles Noell
     ###-##-####
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a)  / /
                                                                        (b)  / /
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3    SEC USE ONLY

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4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     United States of America
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      NUMBER OF          5    SOLE VOTING POWER

       SHARES                 0 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
    BENEFICIALLY         6    SHARED VOTING POWER

      OWNED BY                400,533 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
        EACH             7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

      REPORTING               0 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
       PERSON            8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

        WITH                  400,533 shares
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     400,533 shares
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

     6.0% based on September 1996 10Q
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     IN
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                    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 683973101                    13G                     Page  5  of   7
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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

     Anthony Moores
     ###-##-####
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a)  / /
                                                                        (b)  / /
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3    SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     United States of America
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      NUMBER OF          5    SOLE VOTING POWER

       SHARES                 0 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
    BENEFICIALLY         6    SHARED VOTING POWER

      OWNED BY                400,533 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
        EACH             7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

      REPORTING               0 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
       PERSON            8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

        WITH                  400,533 shares
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9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     400,533 shares
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

     6.0% based on September 1996 10Q
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     IN
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                    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 683973101                    13G                     Page  6  of   7
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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

     Norris van den Berg
     ###-##-####
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a)  / /
                                                                        (b)  / /
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3    SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     United States of America
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      NUMBER OF          5    SOLE VOTING POWER

       SHARES                 0 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
    BENEFICIALLY         6    SHARED VOTING POWER

      OWNED BY                400,533 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
        EACH             7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

      REPORTING               0 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
       PERSON            8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

        WITH                  400,533 shares
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     400,533 shares
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*


- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

     6.0% based on September 1996 10Q
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     IN
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                    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 683973101                    13G                     Page  7  of   7
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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

     Harry Gruner
     ###-##-####
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a)  / /
                                                                        (b)  / /
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3    SEC USE ONLY

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4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     United States of America
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      NUMBER OF          5    SOLE VOTING POWER

       SHARES                 10,000 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
    BENEFICIALLY         6    SHARED VOTING POWER

      OWNED BY                400,533 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
        EACH             7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

      REPORTING               10,000 shares
                         -------------------------------------------------------
       PERSON            8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

        WITH                  400,533 shares
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9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     410,533 shares
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10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

     6.2% based on September 1996 10Q
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     IN
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                    *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!

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ITEM 1(a).     NAME OF ISSUER:   Optika Imaging Systems, Inc.

ITEM 1(b).     ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES:

               5755 Mark Dabling Boulevard
               Suite 100
               Colorado Springs, CO  80919

ITEM 2(a).     NAMES OF PERSONS FILING: JMI Equity Fund, L.P. ("JMI"), JMI
               Partners, L.P. ("JMI Partners"), which is the sole general
               partner of JMI, and Messrs. Harry S. Gruner ("Gruner"), Anthony
               Moores ("Moores"), Charles Noell ("Noell") and Norris van den
               Berg ("van den Berg") (the "General Partners"). Gruner, Moores,
               Noell and van den Berg are individual general partners of JMI
               Partners. The persons named in this paragraph are referred to
               individually herein as a "Reporting Person" and collectively as
               the "Reporting Persons".

ITEM 2(b).     ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE OR, IF NONE, RESIDENCE: The
               address of the principal business office of the Reporting Persons
               is JMI, Inc., 1119 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.

ITEM 2(c).     CITIZENSHIP: Each of JMI and JMI Partners is a limited
               partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.
               Each of the General Partners is a United States citizen.

ITEM 2(d).     TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES:  Common Stock, $.001 par value per
               share.

ITEM 2(e).     CUSIP NUMBER:  683973101

ITEM 3.        IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1(b). OR
               13d-2(b). CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING AS A:

               (a)  []   Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act").

               (b)  []   Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act.

               (c)  []   Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the
                         Act.

               (d)  []   Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the
                         Investment Company Act of 1940.

               (e)  []   Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the
                         Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

               (f)  []   Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to
                         the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
                         Security Act of 1974 or Endowment Fund; see Rule
                         13d-l(b)(1)(ii)(F) of the Act.
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(g)  []   Parent Holding Company, in accordance with Rule 13d-l(b)(ii)(G) of the
          Act.

(h)  []   Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-l(b)(1)(ii)(H) of the Act.

Not applicable. This Schedule 13G is not being filed pursuant to Rule 13d-l(b)
or 13d-2(b).

ITEM 4.   OWNERSHIP.

(a)  Amount Beneficially Owned: JMI is the record owner of 400,533 shares (the
     "Record Shares") as of December 31, 1996. As the general partner of JMI,
     JMI Partners may be deemed to own beneficially the Record Shares. As the
     general partners of JMI Partners, the sole general partner of JMI, each of
     the General  Partners may also be deemed to own beneficially the Record
     Shares. Therefore, JMI, JMI Partners and each of the General Partners,
     except Harry Gruner, may be deemed to own beneficially 400,533 shares.
     Harry Gruner, a general partner of JMI Partners may be deemed to own
     beneficially 410,533 shares which includes 10,000 shares of Common Stock
     issuable upon exercise of options that are currently exercisable.

(b)  Percent of Class: Each Reporting Person, except Harry Gruner: 6.0%. Harry
     Gruner:  6.2%.  The foregoing percentage is calculated based on the
     6,670,319 shares of Common Stock reported to be outstanding at November 7,
     1996 in the most recent Form 10Q of Optika Imaging Systems,Inc., as
     adjusted pursuant to Rule 13d-3(d)(1).

(c)  Number of shares as to which such person has:

          (i)  sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 0 shares for each
               Reporting Person.(1)

         (ii)  shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 400,533 for each
               Reporting Person.

        (iii)  sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 shares
               for each Reporting Person.(1)

         (iv)  shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 400,533
               for each Reporting Person.


Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares of Common
Stock, except in the case of JMI, for the 400,533 shares it holds of record.

(1)  Except for Harry Gruner who in addition to the shares owned beneficially by
all general partners of JMI Partners, L.P., may be deemed to beneficially own
10,000 shares of Common stock which are currently exercisable over which he 
would have sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose.

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ITEM 5.   OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS.

          Not applicable.

ITEM 6.   OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON.

          Not applicable.

ITEM 7.   IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE
          SECURITY- BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY.

          Not applicable.

ITEM 8.   IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.

          Not applicable. The Reporting Persons expressly disclaim membership in
          a "group" as used in Rule 13d-l(b)(ii)(H).

ITEM 9.   NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP.

          Not applicable.

ITEM 10.  CERTIFICATION.

          Not applicable. This statement on Schedule 13G is not filed pursuant
          to Rule 13d-l(b).


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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

                                    AGREEMENT

     Pursuant to Rule 13d-1 (f)( 1 ) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the undersigned hereby agree that only one statement containing the information
required by Schedule 13G need be filed with respect to the ownership by each of
the undersigned of shares of Common Stock of Optika Imaging Systems, Inc.

     EXECUTED as a sealed instrument this 13th day of February, 1997.

JMI EQUITY FUND, L.P.

By:  JMI PARTNERS, L.P.

     By: /s/ Harry S. Gruner
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          General Partner

JMI PARTNERS, L.P.

By: /s/ Harry S. Gruner
   -----------------------------
     General Partner

/s/ Harry S. Gruner
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Harry S. Gruner

/s/ Anthony Moores
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Anthony Moores

/s/ Charles Noell
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Charles Noell


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Norris van den Berg



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