Exhibit 99.1


CONTACT:
Charles E. Buchheit, President
Accent Color Sciences, Inc.
(860) 610-4000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 8, 2001


     ACCENT COLOR SCIENCES, INC. TERMINATES REMAINING EMPLOYEES

EAST HARTFORD,  Conn., -- Accent Color Sciences, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACLR)
today  announced that it has severed its remaining  employee base due to lack of
adequate funds to continue its operations.

     Charles E. Buchheit, president and chief executive officer, said:

     "It is with  regret we find it  necessary  to suspend  operations  while we
exhaust our remaining opportunities to secure a corporate or private investor."

     "In the nine  months  since our order rate of  transactional  printers  was
suspended,  we have transitioned our operations to the new and exciting field of
industrial  printing.  In the past few months,  Accent  Color has had more sales
activity than in anytime  during its history.  But despite this interest we have
been unable to attract either the funds or relationship necessary to sustain our
business in the current business environment.

     "We have  pursued a variety of solutions to provide us the funds to pay off
our debt,  continue  employment  for our  employees  and provide a payoff to our
shareholders.  Many  possible  transactions  have  been  explored,  including  a
promising transaction with a large established company,  which failed in mid-May
after  extensive  negotiations  because  the other party  encountered  financial
difficulties  of its  own.  At this  time we have  few  opportunities  still  in
process."

"Safe Harbor"  Statement Under the Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act of
1995:  The statements  contained in this news release that are  forward-looking,
including any  redirection  or restart of the company's  business,  are based on
current  expectations  that are subject to a number of uncertainties  and risks,
and actual results may differ materially. Those risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to: (i) the need to reach  accommodations with the company's
creditors and attract new capital in order restart the company's business;  (ii)
the






need to recall key employees in the event of a restart of the company's business
who may then have other  commitments  or otherwise be unwilling to return to the
company;   (iii)   potential   difficulties   in  maintaining   existing  client
relationships  and/or  attracting  new  client  relationships  in the event of a
restart of the  company's  business;  and (iv)  severe time  limitations  on the
ability of the company to restart its business in view of the foregoing  factors
and the very limited resources available to the company in pursuing any strategy
which might allow for a restart. Further information on factors that could cause
actual  results to differ from those  anticipated  is detailed in the  Company's
annual report on Form 10-K for 1999,  quarterly  reports on Form 10-Q, and other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

NOTE:  Press  releases  and other  information  are  available  on Accent  Color
Sciences' World Wide Web site at http://www.accentcolor.com.

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