EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Gerber Scientific, Inc.
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration
statements No. 2-93695, No. 33-58668, No. 333-26177, No.
333-42879, No. 333-81447, No. 333-83463, and No. 333-39754 on
Form S-8 and No. 33-58670 on Form S-3 of Gerber Scientific, Inc.
of our report dated May 24, 2000 relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of Gerber Scientific, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
April 30, 2000 and 1999 and the related consolidated statements
of earnings, changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended April 30, 2000,
which report appears in the April 30, 2000 annual report on Form
10-K of Gerber Scientific, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
July 26, 2000
