TERM NOTE


$25,000,000                                                   New York, New York
                                                              March 24, 1998


                  FOR  VALUE  RECEIVED,   the  undersigned  UNIDIGITAL  INC.,  a
Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to
the order of CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE (the "Lender"), at the office of
Canadian  Imperial Bank of Commerce located at 425 Lexington  Avenue,  New York,
New York  10017,  in  lawful  money  of the  United  States  of  America  and in
immediately available funds, the principal amount of TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
($25,000,000).  The  principal  amount  of this Term Note  shall be  payable  in
installments in amounts equal to the Lender's Term Loan Commitment Percentage of
the amounts set forth on Schedule 2.2 to the Credit Agreement. Such installments
shall be payable on the dates set forth on Schedule 2.2 to the Credit Agreement.

                  The  undersigned  further agrees to pay interest in like money
at such office on the unpaid  principal amount hereof from time to time from the
date  hereof at the rates per annum and on the dates as  provided in Section 6.1
of the Credit Agreement  referred to below,  until paid in full (both before and
after judgment).

                  The holder of this Term Note is authorized  to, and so long as
it holds this Term Note  shall,  record  the date,  Type and amount of each Term
Loan made by the Lender  pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Credit  Agreement,  each
Continuation  thereof and each Conversion of all or a portion thereof to another
Type  pursuant  to Section 6.2 of the Credit  Agreement,  the date and amount of
each payment or prepayment  of principal  thereof and, in the case of Eurodollar
Loans,  the length of each Interest  Period and the Eurodollar Rate with respect
thereto, on the schedules annexed hereto and constituting a part hereof, or on a
continuation thereof which shall be annexed hereto and constitute a part hereof,
and any such  recordation  shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy
of the information so recorded,  provided that failure of the Lender to make any
such  recordation  (or any  error in such  recordation)  shall  not  affect  the
obligations of the Borrower under this Term Note or under the Credit Agreement.

                  This Term  Note is one of the Term  Notes  referred  to in the
Credit  Agreement,  dated as of March  24,  1998 (as  amended,  supplemented  or
otherwise  modified  from  time to time,  the  "Credit  Agreement"),  among  the
Borrower,  the lenders from time to time parties  thereto  (the  "Lenders")  and
Canadian  Imperial  Bank of Commerce,  as  Administrative  Agent for the Lenders
thereunder, is entitled to the benefits thereof, is secured as provided therein




and is subject  to  optional  and  mandatory  prepayment  in whole or in part as
provided  therein.  Terms used herein which are defined in the Credit  Agreement
shall have such defined meanings unless  otherwise  defined herein or unless the
context otherwise requires.

                  Upon  the  occurrence  of any  one or more  of the  Events  of
Default specified in the Credit Agreement,  all amounts then remaining unpaid on
this Note shall become,  or may be declared to be,  immediately due and payable,
all as provided therein.

                  The Borrower expressly waives diligence, presentment, protest,
demand and other notices of any kind.

                  This  Term  Note  shall be  governed  by,  and  construed  and
interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

                                        UNIDIGITAL INC.


                                      By /s/ William E. Dye
                                        ---------------------------------
                                        Name:  William E. Dye
                                        Title:  Chief Executive Officer





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                         LOANS, CONVERSIONS AND PAYMENTS
                               OF BASE RATE LOANS
                                         Amount of
                         Amount of       Base Rate
                         Eurodollar      Loans            Unpaid
            Amount       Loans           Converted        Principal
            of Base      Converted       into             Amount of      Balance of
            Rate         into Base       Eurodollar       Principal      Base Rate       Notation
Date        Loan         Rate Loans      Loans            Repaid         Loans           Made by
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                         LOANS, CONVERSIONS AND PAYMENTS
                               OF EURODOLLAR LOANS
         Amount
         of
         Euro-                                                     Amount of
         dollar          Amount of              Interest           Eurodollar
         Loan            Base Rate              Period and         Loans                              Unpaid
         (and            Loans                  Eurodollar         Converted           Amount         Principal
         Contin-         Converted              Rate with          into Base           of Prin-       Balance of
         uations         into Euro-             Respect            Rate                cipal          Eurodollar            Notation
Date     Thereof)        dollar Loans           Thereto            Loans               Repaid         Loans                 Made by
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