content: 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
  
  
           Date of report (date of earliest event reported):  May 15, 1998
  
  
  
                         AXIOHM TRANSACTION SOLUTIONS, INC.
  
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
  
  
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                 California               0-13459                 94-2917470
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  (State or jurisdiction of        (Commisson File Number)  (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)                            Identification   No.)
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                               15070 Avenue of Science
                             San Diego, California 92128
  
            (Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
  
  
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (619) 451-3485
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Item 8.  Change in Fiscal Year.
  
  On May 15, 1998, Axiohm Transaction  Solutions,  Inc. (the "Company") determined
  to change its fiscal year from the twelve month period ended  December 31 to the
  52 or 53-week period that ends on the Saturday  nearest  December 31,  effective
  for  fiscal  year  1998.  As a  result,  the  Company's  first  quarter  of 1998
  represents  the  thirteen-week  period ended on April 4, 1998, and the Company's
  1998  fiscal  year  will end on  January  2,  1999.  Fiscal  year 1998 will have
  fifty-three weeks. The Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the thirteen
  week period ended April 4, 1998 will cover the transition period.
  
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                                      SIGNATURE
  
           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.
  
  
                             AXIOHM TRANSACTION SOLUTIONS, INC.
  
  
  
  Dated: May 15, 1998                         By:      /s/ Janet W. Shanks
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                                                           Janet W. Shanks
                                                       Chief Accounting Officer
  
  
  
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text: 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
  
           Date of report (date of earliest event reported):  May 15, 1998
  
                         AXIOHM TRANSACTION SOLUTIONS, INC.
  
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  ------------------------------- ------------------------ -----------------------
                 California               0-13459                 94-2917470
  ------------------------------- ------------------------ -----------------------
  ------------------------------- ------------------------ -----------------------
  (State or jurisdiction of        (Commisson File Number)  (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)                            Identification   No.)
  ------------------------------- ------------------------ -----------------------
  
                               15070 Avenue of Science
                             San Diego, California 92128
  
            (Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (619) 451-3485
  -3-
  
  Item 8.  Change in Fiscal Year.
  
  On May 15, 1998, Axiohm Transaction  Solutions,  Inc. (the "Company") determined
  to change its fiscal year from the twelve month period ended  December 31 to the
  52 or 53-week period that ends on the Saturday  nearest  December 31,  effective
  for  fiscal  year  1998.  As a  result,  the  Company's  first  quarter  of 1998
  represents  the  thirteen-week  period ended on April 4, 1998, and the Company's
  1998  fiscal  year  will end on  January  2,  1999.  Fiscal  year 1998 will have
  fifty-three weeks. The Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the thirteen
  week period ended April 4, 1998 will cover the transition period.
  SIGNATURE
  
           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.
  
                             AXIOHM TRANSACTION SOLUTIONS, INC.
  
  Dated: May 15, 1998                         By:      /s/ Janet W. Shanks
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                                                           Janet W. Shanks
                                                       Chief Accounting Officer