As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 1999.

                                                    Registration No. 333-_______


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   ----------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                   ----------


                                 PRESSTEK, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                            02-0415170     
  (State or other jurisdiction                               (I.R.S. Employer  
of incorporation or organization)                           Identification No.)

                9 Commercial Street, Hudson, New Hampshire 03051
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

    1997 Interim Stock Option Plan; Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan;
                            1998 Stock Incentive Plan
                            (Full title of the plan)

                              Mr. Robert W. Hallman
              Chief Executive Officer and President, Presstek, Inc.
                9 Commercial Street, Hudson, New Hampshire 03051
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (603) 595-7000
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                             Robert J. Mittman, Esq.
                              Tenzer Greenblatt LLP
                              405 Lexington Avenue
                            New York, New York 10174
                            Telephone: (212) 885-5555
                            Facsimile: (212) 885-5001



<PAGE>



                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                          Proposed     Proposed
                                          Maximum      Maximum
                                          Offering     Aggregate      Amount of
Title of Securities      Amount to        Price Per    Offering       Registra-
to be Registered         be Registered    Share(1)     Price(1)       tion Fee
----------------         -------------    --------     --------       --------

Common Stock, par        3,500,000        $7.93        $27,755,000    $7,715.89
value $.01 per share(2)  shares(3)


(1) Estimated  solely for the purposes of calculating the  registration  fee and
based (a) as to the 248,750,  80,000 and 88,000 shares of Common Stock  issuable
upon the exercise of options already granted under the registrant's 1997 Interim
Stock  Option  Plan  ("1997  Plan"),  Non-Employee  Director  Stock  Option Plan
("Director  Plan") and 1998 Stock  Incentive Plan ("1998  Plan"),  respectively,
upon the average  price at which such options may be exercised and (b) as to the
remaining  1,250,  170,000 and  2,912,000  shares of Common Stock  issuable upon
exercise of options  reserved for issuance  under the 1997 Plan and the Director
Plan and options or other stock-based awards under the 1998 Plan,  respectively,
on the basis of the  average of the high and low prices for the Common  Stock as
quoted on NASDAQ on April 19, 1999.

(2)  Pursuant to Rule 416 of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  there are also being
registered  additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to
the  anti-dilution  provisions of the 1997 Plan,  the Director Plan and the 1998
Plan.

(3) As noted in footnote (1) represents  250,000,  250,000 and 3,000,000 shares,
respectively, issuable under the 1997 Plan, the Director Plan and the 1998 Plan,
respectively.



                                      - 2 -

<PAGE>



                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

     Item 1. Plan Information.*

     Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

     *  Information  required by Part I to be  contained  in the  Section  10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this  Registration  Statement in accordance with Rule
428 under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.


                                      - 3 -


<PAGE>


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The  following  documents  previously  filed  by the  registrant  with  the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  are  incorporated  by
reference in this Registration Statement:

     (1) The  registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 2, 1999;

     (2) The description of the  registrant's  common stock,  par value $.01 per
share (the "Common Stock"), contained in the registrant's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A filed with the Commission, and any amendments thereto; and

     (3) All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to
be a part  hereof  from the  respective  date of filing of such  documents.  Any
statement  contained in a document  incorporated by reference herein is modified
or superseded for all purposes to the extent that a statement  contained in this
Registration  Statement or in any other  subsequently  filed  document  which is
incorporated by reference modifies or replaces such statement.

     Item 4. Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

     Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not applicable.

     Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Sections  145 of the  General  Corporation  Law of the  State  of  Delaware
provides  for the  indemnification  of  officers  and  directors  under  certain
circumstances against expenses incurred in


                                      II-1

<PAGE>



successfully  defending against a claim and authorizes Delaware  corporations to
indemnify  their  officers and  directors  under certain  circumstances  against
expenses and liabilities  incurred in legal  proceedings  involving such persons
because of their being or having been an officer or director.

     Section  102(b)  of  the  Delaware   General   Corporation  Law  permits  a
corporation,  by so providing in its certificate of incorporation,  to eliminate
or limit  director's  liability  to the  corporation  and its  stockholders  for
monetary  damages  arising out of certain  alleged  breaches of their  fiduciary
duty. Section 102(b)(7) provides that no such limitation of liability may affect
a director's liability with respect to any of the following: (i) breaches of the
director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;  (ii) acts or
omissions  not made in good faith or which  involve  intentional  misconduct  of
knowing  violations  of  law;  (iii)  liability  for  dividends  paid  or  stock
repurchased or redeemed in violation of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or
(iv) any  transaction  from  which the  director  derived an  improper  personal
benefit.  Section  102(b)(7) does not authorize any limitation on the ability of
the  corporation  or its  stockholders  to obtain  injunctive  relief,  specific
performance or other equitable relief against directors.

     Article  NINTH of the  registrant's  Amended and  Restated  Certificate  of
Incorporation,  as amended, provides that no director shall be personally liable
for  monetary  damages  for  breach of his or her  fiduciary  duty as a director
except to the  extent  such  elimination  or  limitation  is  prohibited  by the
Delaware General Corporation Law. In addition, Article TENTH of the registrant's
Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation  and Article X of the By-laws
of the registrant provides in substance that, to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware law, each director and officer shall be  indemnified  by the registrant
against  reasonable  costs and  expenses,  including  attorneys'  fees,  and any
liabilities he or she may incur in connection with any action to which he or she
may be made a party by reason of his or her having been a director or officer of
the registrant.  The  indemnification  provided by the registrant's  By-laws and
Certificate of  Incorporation  is not deemed exclusive of or in any way to limit
any other rights which any person seeking indemnification may be entitled.

     Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.


                                      II-2

<PAGE>




     Item 8. Exhibits.

     Exhibit No.              Description
     -----------              -----------

         4.1                  Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation
                              of the registrant, as amended *

         4.2                  By-laws of the registrant **

         5                    Opinion of Tenzer Greenblatt LLP

        23.1                  Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP

        23.2                  Consent of Tenzer Greenblatt LLP (included in
                              Exhibit 5)

        24.1                  Powers of Attorney  (included on Page II-5 of this
                              Registration Statement)

----------
*    Previously filed as Exhibit 3 to the registrant's  Quarterly Report on Form
     10-Q for the Quarter  ended June 29,  1996 and  incorporated  by  reference
     thereto.

**   Previously filed as an exhibit to the registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal
     year ended December 30, 1995 and incorporated by reference thereto.


     Item 9. Undertakings.

     (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1) To file,  during  any  period  in which  offers or sales are being
     made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

          (2) To include any  material  information  with respect to the plan of
     distribution not previously disclosed in the registration  statement or any
     material change to such information in the registration statement.

          (3) That,  for the  purpose of  determining  any  liability  under the
     Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective  amendment shall be deemed
     to be a new  registration  statement  relating  to the  securities  offered
     therein, and the


                                      II-3


<PAGE>



     offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
     bona fide offering thereof.

          (4) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
     any  of  the  securities  being  registered  which  remain  unsold  at  the
     termination of the offering.

     (b) The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and  where  applicable,  each  filing  of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934)  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
registration  statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of
the  registrant  pursuant to the foregoing  provisions  referred to in Item 6 of
Part II of this Registration  Statement,  or otherwise,  the registrant has been
advised  that in the opinion of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  such
indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933  ("Act") and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


                                      II-4

<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of Hudson, State of New Hampshire,  on this 21st day of
April, 1999.


                                            PRESSTEK, INC.
                                            -----------------------
                                             (Registrant)


                                        By: /s/Robert W. Hallman
                                            -----------------------
                                            Robert W. Hallman,
                                            Chief Executive Officer

     Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes each
of Richard  A.  Williams  and Robert W.  Hallman or either of them as his or her
true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  with full power of substitution to execute in
the name and on behalf of each person,  individually and in each capacity stated
below, and to file, any and all  post-effective  amendments to this Registration
Statement.

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the date indicated.

     Signature                          Title                       Date
     ---------                          -----                       ----


/s/ Robert W. Hallman         Chief Executive Officer,            April 21, 1999
-----------------------       President and Director  
Robert W. Hallman                  (Principal        
                                   Executive Officer)
                              


/s/ Richard A. Williams       Chairman of the Board               April 21, 1999
-----------------------       and Director
Richard A. Williams           


/s/ Robert E. Verrando 
-----------------------
Robert E. Verrando            Director                            April 21, 1999


/s/ Neil Rossen               Chief Financial Officer             April 21, 1999
-----------------------       (Principal Accounting and 
Neil Rossen                        Financial Officer)                   
                                            


                                      II-5

<PAGE>



/s/ Robert Howard             Director                            April 21, 1999
-----------------------
Robert Howard

/s/ Dr. Lawrence Howard       Director                            April 21, 1999
-----------------------
Dr. Lawrence Howard


/s/ Bert DePamphilis          Director                            April 21, 1999
-----------------------
Bert DePamphilis


/s/ John W. Dreyer            Director                            April 21, 1999
-----------------------
John W. Dreyer


/s/ John B. Evans             Director                            April 21, 1999
-----------------------
John B. Evans


/s/ Harold N. Sparks          Director                            April 21, 1999
-----------------------
Harold N. Sparks



                                      II-6

<PAGE>



                                  Exhibit Index
                                  -------------


     Exhibit No.              Description
     -----------              -----------
        Page
        ----

         4.1                  Amended and Restated Certificate of 
                              Incorporation of the registrant*

         4.2                  By-laws of the registrant **

         5                    Opinion of Tenzer Greenblatt LLP

        23.1                  Consent of BDO Seidman LLP

        23.2                  Consent of Tenzer Greenblatt LLP 
                              (included in Exhibit 5)

        24.1                  Powers of Attorney (included on 
                              Page II-5 of the Registration 
                              Statement)


*    Previously filed as Exhibit 3 to the registrant's  Quarterly Report on Form
     10-Q for the Quarter  ended June 29,  1996 and  incorporated  by  reference
     thereto.

**   Previously filed as an exhibit to the registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal
     year ended December 30, 1995 and incorporated by reference thereto.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 1999.

                                                    Registration No. 333-_______

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   ----------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                   ----------

                                 PRESSTEK, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                            02-0415170     
  (State or other jurisdiction                               (I.R.S. Employer  
of incorporation or organization)                           Identification No.)

                9 Commercial Street, Hudson, New Hampshire 03051
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

    1997 Interim Stock Option Plan; Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan;
                            1998 Stock Incentive Plan
                            (Full title of the plan)

                              Mr. Robert W. Hallman
              Chief Executive Officer and President, Presstek, Inc.
                9 Commercial Street, Hudson, New Hampshire 03051
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (603) 595-7000
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                             Robert J. Mittman, Esq.
                              Tenzer Greenblatt LLP
                              405 Lexington Avenue
                            New York, New York 10174
                            Telephone: (212) 885-5555
                            Facsimile: (212) 885-5001
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                          Proposed     Proposed
                                          Maximum      Maximum
                                          Offering     Aggregate      Amount of
Title of Securities      Amount to        Price Per    Offering       Registra-
to be Registered         be Registered    Share(1)     Price(1)       tion Fee
----------------         -------------    --------     --------       --------

Common Stock, par        3,500,000        $7.93        $27,755,000    $7,715.89
value $.01 per share(2)  shares(3)

(1) Estimated  solely for the purposes of calculating the  registration  fee and
based (a) as to the 248,750,  80,000 and 88,000 shares of Common Stock  issuable
upon the exercise of options already granted under the registrant's 1997 Interim
Stock  Option  Plan  ("1997  Plan"),  Non-Employee  Director  Stock  Option Plan
("Director  Plan") and 1998 Stock  Incentive Plan ("1998  Plan"),  respectively,
upon the average  price at which such options may be exercised and (b) as to the
remaining  1,250,  170,000 and  2,912,000  shares of Common Stock  issuable upon
exercise of options  reserved for issuance  under the 1997 Plan and the Director
Plan and options or other stock-based awards under the 1998 Plan,  respectively,
on the basis of the  average of the high and low prices for the Common  Stock as
quoted on NASDAQ on April 19, 1999.

(2)  Pursuant to Rule 416 of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  there are also being
registered  additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to
the  anti-dilution  provisions of the 1997 Plan,  the Director Plan and the 1998
Plan.

(3) As noted in footnote (1) represents  250,000,  250,000 and 3,000,000 shares,
respectively, issuable under the 1997 Plan, the Director Plan and the 1998 Plan,
respectively.

                                      - 2 -
PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

     Item 1. Plan Information.*

     Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

     *  Information  required by Part I to be  contained  in the  Section  10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this  Registration  Statement in accordance with Rule
428 under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.

                                      - 3 -
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The  following  documents  previously  filed  by the  registrant  with  the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  are  incorporated  by
reference in this Registration Statement:

     (1) The  registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 2, 1999;

     (2) The description of the  registrant's  common stock,  par value $.01 per
share (the "Common Stock"), contained in the registrant's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A filed with the Commission, and any amendments thereto; and

     (3) All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to
be a part  hereof  from the  respective  date of filing of such  documents.  Any
statement  contained in a document  incorporated by reference herein is modified
or superseded for all purposes to the extent that a statement  contained in this
Registration  Statement or in any other  subsequently  filed  document  which is
incorporated by reference modifies or replaces such statement.

     Item 4. Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

     Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not applicable.

     Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Sections  145 of the  General  Corporation  Law of the  State  of  Delaware
provides  for the  indemnification  of  officers  and  directors  under  certain
circumstances against expenses incurred in

                                      II-1
successfully  defending against a claim and authorizes Delaware  corporations to
indemnify  their  officers and  directors  under certain  circumstances  against
expenses and liabilities  incurred in legal  proceedings  involving such persons
because of their being or having been an officer or director.

     Section  102(b)  of  the  Delaware   General   Corporation  Law  permits  a
corporation,  by so providing in its certificate of incorporation,  to eliminate
or limit  director's  liability  to the  corporation  and its  stockholders  for
monetary  damages  arising out of certain  alleged  breaches of their  fiduciary
duty. Section 102(b)(7) provides that no such limitation of liability may affect
a director's liability with respect to any of the following: (i) breaches of the
director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;  (ii) acts or
omissions  not made in good faith or which  involve  intentional  misconduct  of
knowing  violations  of  law;  (iii)  liability  for  dividends  paid  or  stock
repurchased or redeemed in violation of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or
(iv) any  transaction  from  which the  director  derived an  improper  personal
benefit.  Section  102(b)(7) does not authorize any limitation on the ability of
the  corporation  or its  stockholders  to obtain  injunctive  relief,  specific
performance or other equitable relief against directors.

     Article  NINTH of the  registrant's  Amended and  Restated  Certificate  of
Incorporation,  as amended, provides that no director shall be personally liable
for  monetary  damages  for  breach of his or her  fiduciary  duty as a director
except to the  extent  such  elimination  or  limitation  is  prohibited  by the
Delaware General Corporation Law. In addition, Article TENTH of the registrant's
Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation  and Article X of the By-laws
of the registrant provides in substance that, to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware law, each director and officer shall be  indemnified  by the registrant
against  reasonable  costs and  expenses,  including  attorneys'  fees,  and any
liabilities he or she may incur in connection with any action to which he or she
may be made a party by reason of his or her having been a director or officer of
the registrant.  The  indemnification  provided by the registrant's  By-laws and
Certificate of  Incorporation  is not deemed exclusive of or in any way to limit
any other rights which any person seeking indemnification may be entitled.

     Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

                                      II-2
Item 8. Exhibits.

     Exhibit No.              Description
     -----------              -----------

         4.1                  Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation
                              of the registrant, as amended *

         4.2                  By-laws of the registrant **

         5                    Opinion of Tenzer Greenblatt LLP

        23.1                  Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP

        23.2                  Consent of Tenzer Greenblatt LLP (included in
                              Exhibit 5)

        24.1                  Powers of Attorney  (included on Page II-5 of this
                              Registration Statement)

----------
*    Previously filed as Exhibit 3 to the registrant's  Quarterly Report on Form
     10-Q for the Quarter  ended June 29,  1996 and  incorporated  by  reference
     thereto.

**   Previously filed as an exhibit to the registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal
     year ended December 30, 1995 and incorporated by reference thereto.

     Item 9. Undertakings.

     (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1) To file,  during  any  period  in which  offers or sales are being
     made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

          (2) To include any  material  information  with respect to the plan of
     distribution not previously disclosed in the registration  statement or any
     material change to such information in the registration statement.

          (3) That,  for the  purpose of  determining  any  liability  under the
     Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective  amendment shall be deemed
     to be a new  registration  statement  relating  to the  securities  offered
     therein, and the

                                      II-3
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
     bona fide offering thereof.

          (4) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
     any  of  the  securities  being  registered  which  remain  unsold  at  the
     termination of the offering.

     (b) The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and  where  applicable,  each  filing  of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934)  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
registration  statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of
the  registrant  pursuant to the foregoing  provisions  referred to in Item 6 of
Part II of this Registration  Statement,  or otherwise,  the registrant has been
advised  that in the opinion of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  such
indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933  ("Act") and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                      II-4
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of Hudson, State of New Hampshire,  on this 21st day of
April, 1999.

                                            PRESSTEK, INC.
                                            -----------------------
                                             (Registrant)

                                        By: /s/Robert W. Hallman
                                            -----------------------
                                            Robert W. Hallman,
                                            Chief Executive Officer

     Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes each
of Richard  A.  Williams  and Robert W.  Hallman or either of them as his or her
true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  with full power of substitution to execute in
the name and on behalf of each person,  individually and in each capacity stated
below, and to file, any and all  post-effective  amendments to this Registration
Statement.

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the date indicated.

     Signature                          Title                       Date
     ---------                          -----                       ----

/s/ Robert W. Hallman         Chief Executive Officer,            April 21, 1999
-----------------------       President and Director  
Robert W. Hallman                  (Principal        
                                   Executive Officer)
                              

/s/ Richard A. Williams       Chairman of the Board               April 21, 1999
-----------------------       and Director
Richard A. Williams           

/s/ Robert E. Verrando 
-----------------------
Robert E. Verrando            Director                            April 21, 1999

/s/ Neil Rossen               Chief Financial Officer             April 21, 1999
-----------------------       (Principal Accounting and 
Neil Rossen                        Financial Officer)                   
                                            

                                      II-5
/s/ Robert Howard             Director                            April 21, 1999
-----------------------
Robert Howard

/s/ Dr. Lawrence Howard       Director                            April 21, 1999
-----------------------
Dr. Lawrence Howard

/s/ Bert DePamphilis          Director                            April 21, 1999
-----------------------
Bert DePamphilis

/s/ John W. Dreyer            Director                            April 21, 1999
-----------------------
John W. Dreyer

/s/ John B. Evans             Director                            April 21, 1999
-----------------------
John B. Evans

/s/ Harold N. Sparks          Director                            April 21, 1999
-----------------------
Harold N. Sparks

                                      II-6
Exhibit Index
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     Exhibit No.              Description
     -----------              -----------
        Page
        ----

         4.1                  Amended and Restated Certificate of 
                              Incorporation of the registrant*

         4.2                  By-laws of the registrant **

         5                    Opinion of Tenzer Greenblatt LLP

        23.1                  Consent of BDO Seidman LLP

        23.2                  Consent of Tenzer Greenblatt LLP 
                              (included in Exhibit 5)

        24.1                  Powers of Attorney (included on 
                              Page II-5 of the Registration 
                              Statement)

*    Previously filed as Exhibit 3 to the registrant's  Quarterly Report on Form
     10-Q for the Quarter  ended June 29,  1996 and  incorporated  by  reference
     thereto.

**   Previously filed as an exhibit to the registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal
     year ended December 30, 1995 and incorporated by reference thereto.