PRESSTEK INC /DE/
S-3/A, 1996-05-28
PRINTING TRADES MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT
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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 1996


                                                       Registration No. 333-2299
    
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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


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                               Amendment No. 1 to
                                    FORM S-3
                             Registration Statement
                        Under The Securities Act of 1933
    

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                                 Presstek, Inc.
             (Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                                      02-0415170
       (State or other                               (I.R.S. employer
       jurisdiction of                                identification
       incorporation or                                   number)
       organization)

                               8 Commercial Street
                           Hudson, New Hampshire 03051

                                 (603) 595-7000
          (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
             area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                  Richard A. Williams, Chief Executive Officer
                                 Presstek, Inc.
                               8 Commercial Street
                           Hudson, New Hampshire 03051
                                 (603) 595-7000
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

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                                   Copies to:
                             Robert J. Mittman, Esq.
                              Tenzer Greenblatt LLP
                              405 Lexington Avenue
                            New York, New York 10174
                            Telephone: (212) 885-5555
                           Telecopier: (212) 885-5001
    

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as
practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

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 /

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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 effective 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./ /

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, as amended, 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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                    PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 28, 1996
                              SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
    

PROSPECTUS

                         287,846 Shares of Common Stock

                                 PRESSTEK, INC.

     This Prospectus relates to an offering by Presstek, Inc. ("Presstek" or the
"Company") of up to 5,000 shares of its common stock, $.01 par value (the
"Common Stock").

     This Prospectus also relates to the offering by certain selling
stockholders of an aggregate of up to 282,846 shares of Common Stock which were
previously issued by the Company to a limited number of individuals and entities
in private transactions. Unless the context otherwise requires, all of the
foregoing selling stockholders shall be referred to collectively as the "Selling
Stockholders."

     The Common Stock may be offered from time to time by the Company, or the
Selling Stockholders, as the case may be, through ordinary brokerage
transactions in the over-the-counter markets, in negotiated transactions or
otherwise, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at negotiated
prices. The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of Common
Stock by the Selling Stockholders. See "Use of Proceeds", "Selling Stockholders
and Plan of Distribution."

   
     The Company will pay for the expenses of this offering which are estimated
to be $50,000.

     The Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market and is quoted on
the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "PRST". On May 23, 1996, the closing
sale price of the Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ was $188.50.
    

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               THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY INVOLVE A HIGH DEGREE
                    OF RISK. SEE "RISK FACTORS COMMENCING ON
                           PAGE 7 OF THE PROSPECTUS."

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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.


                 The date of this Prospectus is _________, 1996


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                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

     The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 of the Commission located at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the Commission's regional offices
at 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400 Chicago, Illinois 60661 and 7 World Trade
Center, New York, New York 10048. Copies of such material can also be obtained
from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates.

                      INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

   
     The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission (file No.
0-17541) are incorporated herein by reference:

         (i)  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
         December 30, 1995;

         (ii) Form 10-K/A, Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K for the
         fiscal year ended December 30, 1995;

         (iii) Current Report on Form 8-K for the event dated
         December 28, 1995;

         (iv) Form 8-K/A, Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report on
         Form 8-K for the event dated December 28, 1995;

         (v) Current Report on Form 8-K for the event dated January
         11, 1996;

         (vi)  Current Report on Form 8-K for the event dated
         February 15, 1996;

         (vii)  Form 8-K/A, Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report on
         Form 8-K for the event dated February 15, 1996;

         (viii) Form 8-K/A, Amendment No. 2 to the Current Report on
         Form 8-K for the event dated February 15, 1996;
    

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         (ix) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended March 30,
         1996; and
    

         (x) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its
         Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated March 22, 1989, as filed under
         Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including any
         amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Prospectus and prior to the
termination of the offering of the Common Stock offered hereby shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof on the date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by
reference herein is modified or superseded for all purposes to the extent that a
statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other subsequently
filed document which is incorporated by reference modifies or replaces such
statement.

     The Company will furnish without charge to each person to whom this
Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of such person, a copy
of any or all of the documents incorporated herein by reference, except for the
exhibits to such documents. Requests should be directed to Ms. Jennifer McKay
Tardif, Presstek, Inc., 8 Commercial Street, Hudson, New Hampshire 03051,
telephone: (603) 595-7000.

                                    GLOSSARY

   
     Set forth below is a glossary of certain terms used in this Prospectus:


Direct Imaging (DI)           digital imaging systems that allow image carriers 
technologies                  (film and plates) to be imaged from a digital     
                              database, on-and off-press                        

GTO-DI                        the first generation of direct imaging, waterless
                              presses available in two, four and five printing
                              station configuration, a joint effort between
                              Heidelberg and Presstek

Heidelberg                    Heidelberger Druckmachinen, AG, the world's
                              largest printing press
    

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                              manufacturer headquartered in Heidelberg,
                              Germany

Large format                  a printing term referring to printing layouts
                              that include four or more pages on a
                              single sheet of paper

Lithographic                  printing from a single plane surface under the
                              principle that image area carries ink and the
                              nonimage area does not and that ink and water do
                              not mix

Quickmaster DI 46-4;          the second generation of direct imaging,
Quickmaster DI                waterless presses, highly automated with
                              roll-fed PEARL plate material, a joint
                              effort between Heidelberg and Presstek

PEARL(R)                      the name associated with Presstek's current laser
                              imaging technologies and related products and
                              consumables

PEARLsetter(TM)               the Company's product line of computer-to- plate,
                              off-press equipment

Photosensitive                silver halide emulsions exposed by a reaction to
                              light requiring a subsequent chemical development
                              and stabilization process

PostScript                    a page description programming language developed
                              by Adobe Systems, Inc., a defacto standard in the
                              printing industry

Prepress                      graphic arts operations and methodologies that
                              occur prior to the printing process; typically
                              these include camera work, scanning, image
                              assembly, exposure of image carriers (film and/or
                              plate), proofing

Vapor disposition             a technology to accurately, uniformly coat 
process                       substrates in a controlled environment     
    
                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

   
     The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the more
detailed information and financial statements, including the notes thereto,
contained in or incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. Each prospective
investor is urged to read this Prospectus in its entirety.
    


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The Company

   
     The Company continues to further develop and market its proprietary digital
     imaging technologies and system architectures (the "Direct Imaging"
     technologies), and non-photographic consumables primarily to the graphic
     arts and related imaging industries. The Company's current Direct Imaging
     technologies, referred to as PEARL(R), permit the direct digital imaging of
     printing plates and films in a simple one-step process which eliminates the
     need for photosensitive materials and the hazardous waste by-products
     associated with these processes. The Company's system accepts digital
     Postscript(R)* compatible files from digitally based electronic prepress
     systems and images the color separated pages directly on to the Company's
     proprietary non-photographic based consumables.

     The Company has several applications for PEARL and its consumables in the
     graphic arts industry: a printing press (the "Direct Imaging Printing
     Press") and a stand-alone computer-to-plate imaging device (the
     "PEARLsetter(TM)"), both of which incorporate the Company's PEARL Direct
     Imaging technology.

     The Company continues to pursue a strategy based on alliances and
     relationships with major corporations in the graphic arts and other
     industries encompassing licensing, product development and
     commercialization, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, sales and
     services. The Company's relationship with Heidelberg has been expanded to
     include a new, four color, fully automated lithographic press, the
     Quickmaster DI 46-4 ("Quickmaster DI"), which was jointly developed by the
     Company and Heidelberg to take advantage of the improved implementation of
     the Company's PEARL Direct Imaging technologies. The Quickmaster DI has
     replaced the GTO-DI, which is no longer being produced. The Company also
     has entered into an agreement (the "Adast "Agreement") with the
     Adast-Adamov Company ("Adast") , a Czeck manufacturer of offset
     lithographic presses for the use of Company's DI technologies on a larger
     format (19" x 26") multicolor press. The Adast Agreement expires in
     November 2000, renewable for an additional five years at the option of the
     parties. Currently, the Company is engaged in discussions relating to
     additional strategic relationships and/or arrangements focused principally
     on the PEARLsetter, other Direct Imaging Printing Presses and the
     manufacture and
    
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*    Postscript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc.


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     distribution of the Company's consumables, for these and other
     applications.

     In February 1996, the Company acquired 90% of the outstanding common stock
     of Catalina Coatings, Inc., an Arizona corporation ("Catalina"). Catalina
     is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of vacuum deposition
     coating equipment and the licensing and sublicensing of patent rights with
     respect to vapor deposition process to coat moving webs of material at high
     rates. The Company has continued the business of Catalina which now
     operates as a subsidiary of the Company.
    
     The Company was organized under the laws of the State of Delaware in
     September 1987. The Company's principal executive office is located at 8
     Commercial Street, Hudson, New Hampshire 03051 and its telephone number is
     (603) 595-7000.

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                                  The Offering

Securities offered . . . . . .          282,846 shares of Common Stock by the
                                        Selling Stockholders and 5,000 shares by
                                        the Company.

   
Common Stock to be outstanding
  after the offering(1). . . . ..       15,122,047 shares
    

Use of Proceeds . . . . . . . . .       The Company will not receive any
                                        proceeds from any sales of Common Stock
                                        by the Selling Stockholders. The
                                        proceeds from the sale of the 5,000
                                        shares by the Company may be used for
                                        acquisitions, financing expenses and
                                        general corporate purposes. See "Use of
                                        Proceeds."

Risk Factors  . . . . . . . . . .       The securities offered hereby involve a
                                        high degree of risk. See "Risk Factors."

NASDAQ Symbol . . . . . . . . . .       PRST

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(1)  Based on shares outstanding on the date of this prospectus. Does not
     include (i) shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of
     outstanding stock options under the Company's 1988, 1991 and 1994 Stock
     Option Plans (the "Option Plans"), (ii) shares of Common Stock reserved for
     issuance upon exercise of options available for future grant under the
     Option Plans, (iii) shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon
     exercise of options issued under the Company's Non-Employee Director Stock
     Option Plan and (iv) shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon
     exercise of options available for grant under the Company's Non-Employee
     Director Stock Option Plan.

                                  RISK FACTORS

     The securities offered hereby involve a high degree of risk, including, but
not necessarily limited to, the risk factors described below. Prospective
investors should carefully consider the following risk factors inherent in and
affecting the business of the Company and this offering before making an
investment decision.


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     1. Dependence on Strategic Alliances and Relationships. The Company's
strategy to date has been to enter into strategic alliances with major
corporations in the graphic arts industry encompassing licensing, research,
product development and commercialization, manufacturing, marketing, sales and
service. In January 1991, the Company entered into a master agreement (the
"Master Agreement"), a technology license agreement (the "Technology License")
and a supply agreement (the "Supply Agreement") (the foregoing agreements being
sometimes collectively referred to herein as the "Heidelberg Agreements") with
Heidelberg. Pursuant to the Heidelberg Agreements, as amended, the Company and
Heidelberg agreed to certain terms relating to the integration of the Direct
Imaging technology into various presses manufactured by Heidelberg and certain
of its related parties and the manufacture of components for and the
commercialization of such presses. Pursuant to the Heidelberg Agreements, the
Company has granted Heidelberg certain exclusive rights, subject to the
satisfaction of certain conditions, for use of the Direct Imaging technology in
the Quickmaster DI. In consideration of such rights, Heidelberg agreed to pay to
the Company royalties on the net sales prices of various specified types of
Heidelberg presses. Revenues from Heidelberg have accounted for substantially
all of the Company's revenues to date. The terms of the Heidelberg Agreements
are for periods ending in December 2011 in the case of the Master Agreement and
Technology License. The term of the Supply Agreement, which primarily related to
the GTO-DI which is no longer produced, expired in December 1995. The Heidelberg
Agreements contain, among other things, certain early termination provisions and
extension provisions. The termination of the Master Agreement or Technology
License would have a material adverse effect on the Company.

     The Company has also entered into the Adast Agreement. There can be no
assurance that Adast can effectively sell or support sales of the large format
offset lithographic press incorporating the Company's technology.

     In addition to these dependencies upon Heidelberg, and other strategic
partners for future sales of existing products, the timetable for finalization
of development and commercialization of certain future products incorporating
the Company's technology generally will also be dependent upon arrangements with
the Company's strategic partners. The Company has entered into an agreement with
Rexham Industries Corp. ("Rexham") with respect to their manufacture of the
Company's proprietary dry and wet offset printing plates, both aluminum and
polyester based, for use with the Direct Imaging technology. The Company has
also entered into distribution and OEM arrangements and relationships and is
currently engaged in discussions and/or negotiations relating to additional
strategic relationships and/or arrangements with respect to its PEARLsetter(TM)
product line and its Pearl based consumables. There can be no assurance that the
Company's
    

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existing strategic relationships will prove successful or that the Company will
enter into additional strategic alliances.

     2. Uncertainty of Technological Factors. The Company is currently
concentrating its development efforts on refining and improving the performance
of its Direct Imaging technology and proprietary printing plates and anticipates
that it will continue to do so. The printing and publishing industry has been
characterized in recent years by rapid and significant technological changes and
frequent new product introduction. Current competitors or new market entrants
could introduce new or enhanced products with features which render the
Company's technology, or products incorporating the Company's technology,
obsolete or less marketable. The ability of the Company to compete successfully
will depend in large measure on its ability to maintain a technically competent
research and development staff and to stay ahead of technological changes and
advances in the industry. There can be no assurance that the Company will be
able to keep pace with the competitive demands of the marketplace. Moreover,
there can be no assurance that any refined or improved versions of current
products or any new products that may be introduced in the future will be
commercially viable.

     3. Limited Manufacturing Experience and Capacity; Reliance on Outside
Sources. As a result of its recent acquisition of Catalina the Company intends
to have Catalina develop the equipment the Company needs to commence manufacture
of its PEARL thermal printing plates and consummables, which it believes it will
be able to accomplish in a more cost effective manner than using currently
existing arrangements. The Company anticipates that even after Catalina
commences manufacturing plates and consummables the Company may rely on third
parties to fulfill its requirements. There can be no assurance that the Company
will be able to successfully manufacture thermal plates or consummables or find
acceptable alternate manufacturing arrangements if it is unable to manufacture
sufficient quantities to fulfill its requirements of such products. The Company
currently obtains the semiconductor laser diode used in its PEARL Imaging
systems from one source and although it has recently qualified a second source
of diodes. Although the Company believes that there are available various other
sources for the semiconductor laser diodes and other necessary components, parts
and disposable items for both the Company's manufacturing activities and to
support the market for products incorporating the Direct Imaging technology,
sources for certain of such items are limited and there can be no assurance that
procurement or supply arrangements will continue to be available on satisfactory
terms; any inability to establish or maintain satisfactory manufacturing or
procurement or supply arrangements or significant delays in establishing such
arrangements could have a material adverse effect on the Company or the
commercialization of products incorporating the Direct Imaging technology.
    

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     4. Uncertainty of Market Acceptance. Achieving market acceptance for any
products incorporating the Company's technology requires substantial marketing
efforts and expenditure of significant sums, either by the Company, its
strategic partners or both. Although Heidelberg has, since 1991, marketed and
sold the GTO-DI's, and since May 1995, has marketed and sold the Quickmaster DI,
both of which incorporate the Company's Direct Imaging technology, there can be
no assurance that such products will continue to achieve widespread market
acceptance or that any of the Company's other current products or any future
products that may be developed will achieve market acceptance.

     5. Competition. The Company faces substantial competition in the sale of
its products and, therefore, the Company's success is subject to a high degree
of risk. Although the Company is not aware of any technology with the
capabilities of its Direct Imaging technology, as implemented in its PEARLsetter
and the Direct Imaging Printing Press applications, products incorporating the
Direct Imaging technology can be expected to face competition from conventional
presses and products utilizing existing plate-making technology, as well as
presses and other products utilizing new technologies, including other types of
direct-to-plate solutions such as companies that employ electrophotography as
their imaging technology. Cannon, Xerox Corp., Indigo N.V. and Xeikon N.V. are
corporations that have introduced color electrophotographic copier products.

     The Company is also aware that there is a direction in the graphic arts
industry to create stand-alone computer-to-plate imaging devices for single and
multi-color applications. The Company anticipates that most of the major
corporations in the graphic arts industry have or are considering a
computer-to-plate imaging device which would be competitive with the Company's
Pearlsetters. To date, devices manufactured by the Company's competitors, for
the most part, utilize printing plates that require a post imaging photochemical
developing step, and in some cases, also require a heating process. This is,
nonetheless, an important step in the printing industry, as it eliminates the
use of films. Potential competitors in this area would include, among others,
Creo Products, Gerber Scientific Inc., Misomex, Optronics, a Division of
Intergraph Corporation, Komori, Krause, Scitex Corporation Ltd., Linotype-Hell,
Kodak, Dai Nippon Screen, Crossfield, a Division of Dupont, Agfa-Gevaert,
Polaroid Corp. and Sony Corp. The Company believes that other graphic arts
companies, such as those stated above, are likely to be working on similar plate
imaging processes that would also eliminate the production of the hazardous
materials associated with the photochemical developing process.

   
     The Company also anticipates competition from printing plate manufacturing
companies that either manufacture, or have the potential to manufacture digital
plates. Such companies include Agfa-Gevaret, Polychrome Corp., a Division of Dai
Nippon
    


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Ink & Chemicals, Inc., Toray, Howsen, a Division of Dupont, Horsell/Anitec, a
Division of International Paper, Kodak, Polaroid Corp., Mitsubishi, Fuji Photo
Film Co., Ltd. and Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. Leading press manufacturers
include Heidelberg, Kamori Printing Machinery Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi, and MAN
Roland, and, in the single color and two color press market, Ryobi Limited,
Hamada of America, Inc., AB Dick and Multigraphics. Companies marketing
conventional imagesetter equipment include Agfa-Gevaert, Linotype-Hell,
Optronics, ECRM, Crossfield and Scitex Corporation Ltd. Other companies, which
may include such major corporations as International Business Machines
Corporation, Polaroid Corp., Xerox Corporation, Canon and Eastman Kodak, are
considered by the Company to have the type of electronic and image reproduction
expertise which could encourage them to attempt to develop and market
competitive products. In addition, the Company may face competition from
platemakers, such as Dupont and Toray, which could seek to develop stand-alone
platemakers, as well as from various start-up companies which may be developing
or may attempt to develop competitive products.

     Most of the companies marketing competitive products or with the potential
to do so are well-established, have substantially greater financial and other
resources than the Company and have established reputations for success in the
development, sale and service of products. There can be no assurance that the
Company, any Company product or any products incorporating the Company's
technology, will be able to compete successfully.

     6. Patents and Proprietary Rights. As of April 30, 1996, the Company has
been issued forty-three (43) U.S. patents, five (5) Canadian patents, one
European patent registered in the following nine countries (Austria, Belgium,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland),
and two (2) Great Britain patents, one (1) Japanese patent and has received
notice of allowance for an additional three (3) European patents. The Company
intends to register these additional European patents in one or more of the
following countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy,
the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden. The Company has applied for and is
pursuing its applications for twenty-two (22) additional U.S. patents and
seventy-two (72) foreign patents (consisting of 21 Japan, 16 Canada, 14 Europe,
12 Australia, 2 in each of Belgium, France, Germany and Italy and one in the
United Kingdom) and anticipates that it will apply for additional patents and
for copyrights, as deemed appropriate. There can be no assurance, however, as to
the issuance of any additional patents or the breadth or degree of protection
which the Company's patents or copyrights may afford the Company. There is rapid
technological development in the computer and image reproduction industries,
resulting in extensive patent filings and a rapid rate of issuance of new
patents. Although the Company believes that its technology has been
independently
    

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developed and that the products it proposes to market will not infringe the
patents or violate other proprietary rights of others, it is possible that such
infringement of existing or future patents or violation of proprietary rights
may occur. In such event, the Company may be required to modify its design or
obtain a license. No assurance can be given that the Company will be able to do
so in a timely manner, upon acceptable terms and conditions or at all. The
failure to do any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on the
Company. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the Company will have the
financial or other resources necessary to successfully defend a patent
infringement or proprietary rights violation action. Moreover, the Company may
be unable, for financial or other reasons, to enforce its rights under any
patents it may own.

     The Company also relies on proprietary know-how and to employ various
methods to protect the source codes, concepts, ideas and documentation of its
proprietary software, which methods may include copyrights. However, such
methods may not afford complete protection and there can be no assurance that
others will not independently develop such know-how or obtain access to the
Company's know-how or software codes, concepts, ideas and documentation.
Furthermore, although the Company has and expects to have confidentiality
agreements with its employees and appropriate vendors, there can be no assurance
that such arrangements will adequately protect the Company's trade secrets.

     7. Possible Need For Additional Financing. The Company anticipates, based
on its current proposed plans and assumptions relating to its operations, that
its existing capital resources, when combined with projected cash flow from
operations, will be sufficient to satisfy its contemplated cash requirements for
at least the next twelve months. In the event that the Company's plans change,
its assumptions change or prove to be inaccurate or if the proceeds of this
offering, other capital resources and projected cash flow otherwise prove to be
insufficient to fund its operations (including due to unanticipated expenses or
otherwise), the Company may be required to seek additional financing prior to
such time. The Company has no current arrangements with respect to, or sources
of, additional financing, and there can be no assurance that additional
financing will be available to the Company on acceptable terms or at all. Any
inability to obtain additional financing could have a material adverse effect on
the Company. To the extent that any such financing involves the sale of the
Company's equity securities, the interests of the Company's then existing
stockholders could be substantially diluted.

     8. Dependence on Management and Key Personnel. The success of the Company
is largely dependent on the personal efforts of Richard A. Williams, its Chief
Executive Officer, Robert E. Verrando, its President and Frank Pensavecchia, its
Senior Vice- President, Engineering. The Company has entered into an



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employment agreement with Mr. Williams but not with Mr. Verrando or
Pensavecchia. The loss or interruption of the services of such individuals could
have a material adverse effect on the Company's business and prospects.

     The success of the Company may also be dependent on its ability to hire and
retain additional qualified sales, marketing and other personnel. Competition
for qualified personnel in the Company's industry is intense, and there can be
no assurance that the Company will be able to hire or retain additional
qualified personnel.

   
     9. Possible Volatility of Common Stock Price. From time to time, the market
price of the common stock of companies in the imaging technology industry has
been affected by various factors, including adverse publicity. There can be no
assurance that the market price of the Company's Common Stock will not be
volatile as a result of factors such as the Company's financial results,
possible publicity resulting from any product introductions by the Company or
any of its competitors, regulatory matters, and various other factors affecting
the imaging technology industry or stock market generally. Additionally, in
recent years, the stock market, and the Company's Common Stock has experienced a
high level of price and volume volatility. In addition, market prices for many
companies, particularly small and emerging growth companies, the common stock of
which trade in the over-the-counter market, have experienced wide price
fluctuations not necessarily related to the operating performance of such
companies.
    

     10. No Cash Dividends. To date, the Company has not paid any cash dividends
on its Common Stock and does not expect to declare or pay any cash or other
dividends in the foreseeable future.

     11. Authorization of Preferred Stock. The Company's Certificate of
Incorporation authorizes the issuance of "blank check" preferred stock with such
designations, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by
the Board of Directors. Accordingly, the Board of Directors is empowered,
without stockholder approval, to issue preferred stock with dividend,
liquidation, conversion, voting or other rights which could adversely affect the
voting power or other rights of the holders of the Company's Common Stock. In
the event of issuance, the preferred stock could be utilized, under certain
circumstances, as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in
control of the Company. Although the Company has no present intention to issue
any shares of its preferred stock, there can be no assurance that the Company
will not do so in the future.


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     12. Shares Eligible for Future Sale. A total of approximately 2,350,000
shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the date of this Prospectus are
"restricted securities," as that term is defined under Rule 144 promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"); and are
eligible for sale under Rule 144. No prediction can be made as to the effect, if
any, that future sales of such shares of Common Stock or the 287,246 shares of
Common Stock that may be offered pursuant to this Prospectus, the availability
of such shares for sale will have on the market prices prevailing from time to
time. The possibility that substantial amounts of Common Stock may be sold in
the public market may adversely affect prevailing market prices for the Common
Stock and could impair the Company's ability to raise capital through the sale
of its equity securities.

                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

     The Company will pay all of the costs associated with this offering. The
Company will not receive any proceeds from any sales of Common Stock by the
Selling Stockholders. Any proceeds from the sale of the 5,000 shares to be
offered by the Company may be used for acquisitions, financing expenses and
general corporate purposes. The Company has no current agreements or plans with
respect to any future product or other acquisitions.

                  SELLING STOCKHOLDERS AND PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     An aggregate of up to 282,846 shares of Common Stock may be offered and
sold pursuant to this Prospectus by the Selling Stockholders. None of the
Selling Stockholders have any relationship with the Company other than as a
stockholder.


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     The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
Selling Stockholders:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       Beneficial                                                    Shares
                                                      Ownership of                                                Beneficially
                                                    Shares of Common                                                  Owned
                                                      Stock Prior                 Shares to be Sold                 After the
               Selling Stockholder                    to Sale (1)                  in the Offering                Offering (2)
               -------------------                    ------------                 ---------------                ------------
<S>                                                    <C>                             <C>                          <C>    
John T. Oxley                                          1,070,000(3)                    129,000                      941,000

Oxley Foundation                                         181,000                        14,000                      167,000

Craig Effron                                               7,000                         7,000                          -0-

Curtis Schenker                                            7,000                         7,000                          -0-

Scoggin Capital Management LP                             50,000                        50,000                          -0-

Bedford Falls Investors LP                                21,000                        21,000                          -0-

Charles K. Stewart Money
Purchase Plan                                             21,600                        20,600                        1,000

John Stafford, Jr.                                       277,646                        34,246                      243,400
</TABLE>

(1)  Unless otherwise noted, the Company believes that all of the persons named
     in the above table have sole voting power with respect to all shares of
     Common Stock beneficially owned by them. Except for John T. Oxley, who
     beneficially owns 7.1% (before) and 6.2% after) the Offering and John
     Stafford, Jr. who beneficially owns 1.8% (before) and 1.6% (after) the
     Offering, all such persons own less than one percent of the Company's
     outstanding Common Stock.

(2)  Assumes all of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby are sold by the
     Selling Stockholders.

(3)  Includes 181,000 shares owned by the Oxley Foundation of which Mr. Oxley is
     a co- trustee. The information with respect to Mr. Oxley's share ownership
     was based upon information contained in Amendment No. 3 to Mr. Okley's
     Schedule 13D.

The Common Stock may be offered by the Company or the Selling Stockholders, as
the case may be, and sold from time to time as market conditions permit in the
over-the-counter market, or otherwise, at prices and terms then prevailing or at
prices related to the then-current market price, or in negotiated transactions.
The shares offered hereby may be sold by one or more of the following methods,
without limitation: (a) a block trade in which a 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 to facilitate the transaction; (b) purchases by a
broker or dealer as principal and resale by such broker or dealer for its
account pursuant to this Prospectus; (c) ordinary brokerage transactions and
transactions in which the broker solicits purchasers; and (d) face-to-face
transactions between sellers and purchasers without a broker-dealer. In
effecting sales, brokers or dealers engaged by the Company or Selling
Stockholders may arrange for other brokers or dealers to



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participate. Such broker or dealers may receive commissions or discounts from
the Company or Selling Stockholders in amounts to be negotiated. Such brokers
and dealers and any other participating brokers or dealers may be deemed to be
"underwriters" within the meaning of the Act, in connection with such sales.

                                  LEGAL MATTERS

     The legality of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for the
Company by Tenzer Greenblatt LLP, New York, New York.

                                     EXPERTS

     The consolidated financial statements and schedule incorporated by
reference in this Prospectus have been audited by BDO Seidman, LLP, independent
certified public accountants, to the extent and for the period set forth in
their report incorporated herein by reference, and are incorporated herein by
reference in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of said firm as
experts in auditing and accounting.

     The consolidated financial statements of Presstek, Inc. as of December 31,
1994 and for the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1993, incorporated in this
prospectus by reference from Presstek, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 30, 1995 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP,
independent auditors, as stated in their report, which is incorporated herein by
reference, and has been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm
given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

     The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. (the "Commission") a registration statement (the "Registration
Statement"), under the Act with respect to the securities offered by this
Prospectus. This Prospectus, filed as part of such Registration Statement, does
not contain all of the information set forth in, or annexed as exhibits to, the
Registration Statement, certain portions of which have been omitted in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission. For further
information with respect to the Company and this offering, reference is made to
the Registration Statement, including the exhibits filed therewith, which may be
inspected without charge at the Office of the Commission, 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of the Registration Statement may be
obtained from the Commission at its principal office upon payment of prescribed


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fees. Statements contained in this Prospectus as to the contents of any contract
or other document are not necessarily complete and, where the contract or other
document has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, each
statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the applicable document
filed with the Commission.


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     No dealer, salesperson or other person has been authorized to give any
information or to make any representations other than those 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 Underwriter. This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to
sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy and security other than the Common
Stock offered by this Prospectus, or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy any security by any person in any jurisdiction in which such offer
or solicitation would be unlawful. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor
any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, imply that the
information in this Prospectus is correct as of any time subsequent to the date
of this Prospectus.

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                       Page

   
Available Information......................................
Information Incorporated by Reference......................
Glossary ..................................................
Prospectus Summary.........................................
Risk Factors...............................................
Use of Proceeds............................................
Selling Stockholders and Plan of
  Distribution.............................................
Legal Matters..............................................
Experts....................................................
Additional Information.....................................
    





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                               287,846 Shares of
                  
                                  Common Stock




                            -------------------------
                            
                                 PRESSTEK, INC.
                            -------------------------
                            
                                   PROSPECTUS
                            
                            -------------------------




                               ____________, 1996

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<PAGE>



                PART II - INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14.  Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

     Expenses payable in connection with the issuance and distribution of the
securities being registered by this post- effective amendment are estimated as
follows:

                                                                Amount

Registration Fee                                             $10,893.48

Printing                                                       3,000.00
   
Legal Fees and Expenses                                       23,000.00

Accounting Fees and Expenses                                  12,000.00

Transfer Agents and Registrars Fees                              200.00

Miscellaneous                                                    906.52
                                                             ----------
         TOTAL                                               $50,000.00
                                                             ==========
    

     The above fees will be paid by the Company.

Item 15.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     Sections 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
provides for the indemnification of officers and directors under certain
circumstances against expenses incurred in successfully defending against a
claim and authorizes Delaware corporations to indemnify their officers and
directors under certain circumstances against expenses and liabilities incurred
in legal proceedings involving such persons because of their being or having
been an officer or director.

     Section 102(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a
corporation, by so providing in its certificate of incorporation, to eliminate
or limit director's liability to the corporation and its stockholders for
monetary damages arising out of certain alleged breaches of their fiduciary
duty. Section 102(b)(7) provides that no such limitation of liability may affect
a director's liability with respect to any of the following: (i) breaches of the
director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) acts or
omissions not made in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct of
knowing violations of law; (iii) liability for dividends paid or stock

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<PAGE>



repurchased or redeemed in violation of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or
(iv) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit. Section 102(b)(7) does not authorize any limitation on the ability of
the corporation or its stockholders to obtain injunctive relief, specific
performance or other equitable relief against directors.

     Article NINTH of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, provides that no director shall be personally liable
to the Company or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his
or her fiduciary duty as a director except to the extent such elimination or
limitation is prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law. In addition,
Article TENTH of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
and Article X of the By-Laws of the Company provides in substance that, to the
fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, Each director and officer shall be
indemnified by the Company against reasonable costs and expenses, including
attorneys fees, and any liabilities which he or she may incur in connection with
any action to which he or she may be made a party by reason of his or her having
been a director or officer of the Company. The indemnification provided by the
Company's By-Laws and Certificate of Incorporation is not deemed exclusive of or
in any way to limit any other rights which any person seeking indemnification
may be entitled.

         Item 16. Exhibits

         (a) Exhibits

Exhibit No.
- -----------

   
4.1               Form of certificate evidencing Common Stock, $.01 par
                  value, of the Company.*

5                 Opinion of Tenzer Greenblatt LLP, regarding legality of
                  securities being registered.+

23.1              Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.

23.2              Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.

23.2              Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23.3              Consent of Tenzer Greenblatt LLP (included in Exhibit 5).+
- --------
*Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(d) to the Company's registration
statement on Form S-1, No. 33-27112-B.

+ Previously filed.
    

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Item 17.  Undertakings

     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

     (1) To file, during any period in which it offers or sells securities, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement to:

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

          (ii) Reflect in the Prospectus any facts or events arising after the
     effective date of the prospectus (or the most recent post-effective
     amendments thereto) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
     fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
     statement; and

          (iii) Include any material information with respect to the plan of
     distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
     material change to such information in the registration statement,
     provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
     information required to be filed with 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 determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration of
the securities offered, and the offering of the securities at that time to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (3) To remove by registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities that 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 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement 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.

     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

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foregoing provisions, or otherwise, 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 whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

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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 of the
requirements of filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Hudson, State of New Hampshire, on the 23rd day of
May, 1996.
    

                                            Presstek, Inc.

                                            By: /s/ Richard A. Williams
                                               ----------------------------
                                               Richard A. Williams,
                                               Chief Executive Officer
                                                (Duly Authorized Officer)

     Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes each
of Richard A. Williams and Robert E. Verrando or either of them as his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to execute in the name
and on behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated below,
and to file, any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, including
any and all post-effective amendments thereto.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

        Signature                                 Title                                           Date
        ---------                                 -----                                           ----

<S>                                 <C>                                                       <C> 
   
/s/Richard A. Williams              Chief Executive Officer, Secretary                        May 23, 1996
- --------------------------          and Director, (Principal Executive 
Richard A. Williams                 Officer)                           
                                    

/s/Robert E. Verrando               President, Chief Operating Officer                        May 23, 1996
- --------------------------          and Director
Robert E. Verrando                 


/s/Robert Howard                    Chairman of the Board and Director                        May 23, 1996
- --------------------------
Robert Howard


/s/Lawrence Howard                  Director                                                  May 23, 1996
- --------------------------
Dr. Lawrence Howard


/s/Harold N. Sparks                 Director                                                  May 23, 1996
- --------------------------
Harold N. Sparks


/s/Bert DePamphilis
- --------------------------
Bert DePamphilis                    Director                                                  May 23, 1996


                                    Director                                                           1996
- --------------------------
John Dreyer


/s/Glenn J. DiBenedetto             Chief Financial Officer (Principal                        May 23, 1996
- --------------------------          Financial and Accounting Officer)
Glenn J. DiBenedetto                
    
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>


Exhibit No.       Description                                           Page No.
- -----------       -----------                                           --------
   

4.1           Form of Certificate evidencing Common Stock, $.01 par 
              value, of the Company*

5             Opinion of Tenzer Greenblatt LLP, regarding legality
              of securities being registered.+

23.1          Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.

23.2          Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.

23.3          Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23.4          Consent of Tenzer Greenblatt LLP (included in
              Exhibit 5).+
    
- ------------------------

*    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(d) to the Company's Registration
     Statement on Form S-1, No. 33-27112-B.

   
+    Previously filed.
    




                             CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
                          CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Presstek, Inc.
Hudson, New Hampshire

   
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement of our report dated February
16, 1996, relating to the financial statements and schedule of Presstek, Inc.
appearing in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KA for the year ended
December 30, 1995.
    

We also consent to the reference to us under the caption "Experts" in the
Prospectus.


/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP

BDO SEIDMAN, LLP


   
New York, New York
May 24, 1996
    




                             CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
                          CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Catalina Coatings, Inc.
Tucson, Arizona

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement of our report dated February 9,
1996, relating to the financial statements of Catalina Coaatings, Inc. included
in Form 8-KA of Presstek, Inc. for event dated February 15, 1996.

We also consent to the reference to us under the caption "Experts" in the
Prospectus.


/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP

BDO SEIDMAN, LLP


   
New York, New York
May 24, 1996
    




INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
   
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement No. 333-2299 of Presstek, Inc. on Form S-3 of our report
dated March 15, 1995 appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (Amendment
No. 1 to Form 10-K) of Presstek, Inc. for the year ended December 30, 1995 and
to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus, which is
part of this Registration Statement.
    


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Bedford, New Hampshire


   
May 24, 1996
    



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