Exhibit 23

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K)
of IKON Office Solutions, Inc. of our report dated October 15, 1997 (except for
Note 8, as to which the date is October 27, 1997), included in the 1997 Annual
Report to the Shareholders of IKON Office Solutions, Inc.

Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of IKON Office
Solutions, Inc. listed in item 14(a). This schedule is the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our
audits. In our opinion, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when
considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration
statements on Form S-3, Form S-4 and Form S-8 of IKON Office Solutions, Inc. and
in the related Prospectuses of our report dated October 15, 1997, (except for
Note 8, as to which the date is October 27, 1997), with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of IKON Office Solutions, Inc. incorporated by
reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the fiscal year ended September
30, 1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

REGISTRATION
Number Filing Date Description
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2-66880 March 10, 1980 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
1980 Deferred Compensation Plan

2-75296 December 11, 1982 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
1982 Deferred Compensation Plan

33-00120 September 6, 1985 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
1985 Deferred Compensation Plan

33-26732 January 27, 1989 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
1989 Directors' Stock Option Plan

33-36745 September 10, 1990 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
1991 Deferred Compensation Plan

REGISTRATION
Number Filing Date Description
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33-38193 December 10, 1990 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
1986 Stock Option Plan

33-84376 June 4, 1992 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
Stock Award Plan

33-55096 November 24, 1992 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
1993 Directors' Stock Option Plan

33-51183 November 24, 1993 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
Partners' Stock Purchase Plan

33-54781 July 28, 1994 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
Stock Award Plan

33-56469 November 15, 1994 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
1995 Stock Option Plan

33-56471 November 15, 1994 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
Long Term Incentive Compensation
Plan

33-64177 November 14, 1995 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
$750,000,000 Debt Securities,
Preferred Stock or Common Stock

33-64739 January 5, 1996 IKON Office Solutions, Inc. 10,000,000
Shares of Common Stock

333-01743 March 14, 1996 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
5,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

333-19267 January 3, 1997 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
Retirement Savings Plan

333-24931 April 10, 1997 IKON Office Solutions, Inc.
10,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 24, 1997