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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934



                      International Imaging Materials, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                                  July 15, 1997
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                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)



          Delaware                    0-21726                 13-3179629
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   (State or other juris-           (Commission            (I.R.S. employer
   diction of incorporation)         file number)          identification no.)



       310 Commerce Drive, Amherst, New York             14228
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      (Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)

                                 (716) 691-6333
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





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Item 1.           Changes in Control of Registrant
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         (b) On July 15, 1997, International Imaging Materials, Inc., a Delaware
corporation  (the  "Company"),   PAXAR  Corporation,   a  New  York  corporation
("PAXAR"),  and Ribbon Manufacturing,  Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly
owned subsidiary of PAXAR ("Merger Sub"),  entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), upon and subject to the terms and conditions of
which Merger Sub will be merged (the "Merger") with and into the Company and the
Company  will become a wholly owned  subsidiary  of PAXAR.  In the Merger,  each
issued  and  outstanding  share  of the  common  stock  of the  Company  will be
converted into the right to receive between 1.2 and 1.412 shares of common stock
of PAXAR. A copy of the Merger  Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and is
incorporated herein by reference.

         A copy of the  Company's and PAXAR's joint press release dated July 16,
1997 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
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        (c)      Exhibits.
    
        Number        Exhibit
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        2             Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 15, 1997,
                      among PAXAR Corporation, Ribbon Manufacturing, Inc. and
                      International Imaging Materials, Inc.

        99            Joint Press Release of PAXAR Corporation and International
                      Imaging Materials, Inc., dated  July 16, 1997.



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                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                  INTERNATIONAL IMAGING MATERIALS, INC.



Dated: July 29, 1997              By:  /s/ Michael J. Drennan
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                                         Michael J. Drennan
                                         Vice President-Finance, Treasurer,
                                           Secretary and Chief Financial Officer



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number            Exhibit Description
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2                 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 15, 1997, among
                  PAXAR Corporation, Ribbon Manufacturing, Inc. and
                  International Imaging Materials, Inc.

99                Joint Press Release of  PAXAR Corporation and International
                  Imaging Materials, Inc., dated July 16, 1997.




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