ACQUISITION NOTE


$5,000,000                                                    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 the lesser of (a) FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS  ($5,000,000)  and (b) the aggregate  unpaid principal amount of
all Acquisition Loans made by the Lender to the undersigned  pursuant to Section
3.1 of the  Credit  Agreement  referred  to below.  Such  installments  shall be
payable on the dates and in the amounts set forth on Schedule  3.2 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  Acquisition  Note is authorized to, and so
long as it holds  this Note  shall,  record  the date,  Type and  amount of each
Acquisition  Loan made by the  Lender  pursuant  to  Section  3.1 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  Acquisition Note or
under the Credit Agreement.

                  This Acquisition Note is one of the Acquisition 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  Acquisition 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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                                                                                                                    Acquisition Note
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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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