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FORM 4 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
/ / Check this box if STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
no longer subject
to Section 16. Form 4
or Form 5 obligations Filed pusuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
may continue. Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
See Instruction 1(b) or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to
Symbol Issuer (Check all applicable)
Griswold E. Bulkeley *
Scan-Optics, Inc. SOCR
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social 4. Statement for _X_ Director ___ 10% Owner
Security Number Month/Year
Scan-Optics, Inc. of Reporting ___ Officer ___ Other
169 Progress Drive Person December 1996 (give title (specify below)
(Voluntary) below)
(Street)
Manchester CT 06040-2294
(City) (State) (Zip)
5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
Month/Year
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Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) action Trans- Acquired (A) Securities ship Form: Indirect
Date action or Disposed of (D) Beneficially (D)irect Beneficial
Scan-Optics (mm/dd/yy) Code (Instr. 3,4 and 5) Owned at End of or Ownership
(Instr.8) Month (I)ndirect (Instr. 4)
(Instr.3 and 4) (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount A/D Price
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Common Stock 12/30/96 P 3,000 A 3.625
Common Stock 12/30/96 P 3,500 A 3.6875
Common Stock 12/30/96 P 5,500 A 3.75 36,000 I Profit
Sharing Plan;
Trusts;
Family Member
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* Purchased by MCA Profit Sharing UA 7/1/89
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of 2.Con- 3.Tran- 4.Tran- 5. Number 6.Date 7.Title and 8.Price 9.Number 10.Own- 11.Na
Derivative version saction saction of Exer- Amount of of of ship ture
Security or Date Code Derivative cisable and Underlying Deriv- Deriv- Form of In-
(Instr.3) Exercise mmddyy (Instr.8)Securities Expiration Securities ative ative of direct
Price (A)cquired Date (Instr.3,5) Secur- Secur- Deriv- Bene-
of or (mmddyy) ity ities ative ficial
Deriv- (D)isposed (Instr.5) Bene- Secur- Own-
ative of ficially ity: ship
Security (Inst.3,4,5) Owned Direct (Instr.4)
at End or In-
of direct
Month (Instr.4)
(Instr.4)
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Code V (A) (D) Date Expir- Title Amount
Exer- ation or
cisableDate Number
of
Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
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/s/ E. Bulkeley Griswold 1/10/97
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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** Intentional misstatements or omissions of
facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.