<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
                          ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING INC.
                             FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE
                      (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
                                   (UNAUDITED)

This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
condensed  balance  sheet,  condensed  statement  of  operations  and  condensed
statement of cash flows  included in the Company's  Form 10-Q for the nine month
period ended September 30, 1999 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements and the notes thereto.
</LEGEND>

                             
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