CONTACT: Tracy Hubert, Acting Chief Financial Officer Mark Perlgut/Cynthia Bond Accent Color Sciences, Inc. Lobsenz Stevens, Inc. (860) 610-4000, Ext. 4015 (212) 684-6300 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 1999 ACCENT COLOR SCIENCES RECEIVES SUBSTANTIAL ORDERS FOR 2000 EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 15, 1999 - Accent Color Sciences, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACLR), a leading provider of high-speed highlight color printing systems, today announced that it has received a commitment for orders in excess of $5.0 million for calendar year 2000 from one of its major customers, IBM Corporation. The orders are subject to certain conditions and cancellation rights. Charles E. Buchheit, president and chief executive officer, said: "Our printers installed in high volume statement printing applications show that industry leaders are interested in adopting our technology. I need to caution, however, that we still have a requirement for additional capital." Accent Color Sciences, Inc. designs, manufacturers and sells innovative, high-speed highlight color digital printing systems - TruecolorT Systems - for the production printing and production publishing segments of the printing industry. TruecolorT Systems, when integrated with high-speed, digital, black and white printers, create a system that prints or highlights critical information in multiple colors for large-volume applications. Such applications include billing statements, account statements, invoices, legal notices, brochures, financial reports and short-run, on-demand publications. "Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements contained in this news release that are forward-looking 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 level of customer acceptance of the Company's products; (ii) the ability of the Company to raise capital sufficient to support its business plan; (iii) the rights of customers of the Company to modify or cancel orders under the terms of related product purchase agreements, as amended, to which reference is made for more detailed information; (iv) the dependence of the Company on third-party suppliers for certain key technology elements, and (v) the potential fluctuations in the Company's quarterly results of operations. 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 1998, 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.