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       As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23, 1996
  
                                                REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-
  
  ================================================================================
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                              -------------------------
  
                                      FORM S-8
                               REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                        UNDER
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                              -------------------------
  
                             TRIDENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
          Delaware                                        06-6403301
  (State of Incorporation)                 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
  
                                  1114 FEDERAL ROAD
                            BROOKFIELD, CONNECTICUT 06804
                                   (203) 740-9333
  
  
     (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                     Registrant's principal executive offices)
  
  
                             TRIDENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                AMENDED AND RESTATED 1994 STOCK OPTION AND GRANT PLAN
                              (Full Title of the Plan)
  
                        ------------------------------------
  
                                  ELAINE A. PULLEN
                        PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                             TRIDENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                  1114 FEDERAL ROAD
                            BROOKFIELD, CONNECTICUT 06804
                                   (203) 740-9333
  
   (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                                of agent for service)
  
                            ----------------------------
  
                                   With a copy to:
                               John J. Egan III, Esq.
                             GOODWIN, PROCTER & HOAR LLP
                                   Exchange Place
                                   53 State Street
                          Boston, Massachusetts 02109-2881
                                   (617) 570-1000
  
                            -----------------------------
  
  <TABLE>
                                                   CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  <CAPTION>
  
  ================================================================================================================================
   Title of Securities Being          Amount to be        Proposed Maximum Offering  Proposed Maximum Aggregate       Amount of
           Registered                Registered (1)            Price Per Share             Offering Price         Registration Fee
  - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  <S>                               <C>                         <C>                        <C>                       <C>        
  Common Stock, par value $.01      1,000,000 shares            $19.875(2)                 $19,875,000               $6,854
  per share
  ================================================================================================================================
  <FN>
  
  (1)      Plus such additional number of shares as may be required pursuant to the Trident International, Inc. Amended and
           Restated 1994 Stock Option and Grant Plan in the event of a stock dividend, reverse stock split, split-up,
           recapitalization or other similar event.
  
  (2)      This estimate is based on the average of the bid and asked prices on the Nasdaq National Market of the Common
           Stock of Trident International, Inc. on August 20, 1996 pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of
           1933, as amended, solely for purposes of determining the registration fee.
  </TABLE>
  
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  <PAGE>   2
  
  
  
                                       PART II
  
                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  
  Item 3.        Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
                 -----------------------------------------------
  
           Trident International, Inc. (the "Company") hereby incorporates by
  reference the documents listed in (a) through (c) below, which have previously
  been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  
          (a)    The Company's prospectus, containing audited financial statements
                 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1995, filed with the
                 Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
                 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
                 "Securities Act"), on February 28, 1996;
  
          (b)    All other reports filed since September 30, 1995 pursuant to
                 Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
                 amended (the "Exchange Act"); and
  
          (c)    The description of the Company's common stock contained in its
                 Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Securities and
                 Exchange Commission on January 30, 1996, as amended, under
                 Section 12 of the Exchange Act and any amendments or reports
                 filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  
          In addition, all documents subsequently filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
  hereto which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or
  that 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 date of filing of such documents.
  
  Item 4.        Description of Securities.
                 -------------------------
  
          Not Applicable.
  
  Item 5.        Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
                 --------------------------------------
  
          Not Applicable.
  
  Item 6.        Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
                 -----------------------------------------
  
          In accordance with Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the
  State of Delaware, Article VII of the Company's Third Amended and Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate") provides that no director of
  the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for
  monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
  liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or
  its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
  intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) in respect of
  certain unlawful dividend payments or stock redemptions or repurchases, or (iv)
  for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
  benefit. In addition, the Certificate provides that if the General Corporation
  Law of the State of Delaware is amended to authorize the further elimination or
  limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of
  the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted
  by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as so amended.
  
          Article V of the Company's Amended and Restated By-laws provides for
  indemnification by the Company of its directors, officers and certain
  non-officer employees under certain circumstances against expenses (including
  attorney's fees, judgments, fines, taxes, penalties and amounts paid in
  settlement) reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of
  any threatened, pending or completed legal proceeding in which any such person
  is involved by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer
  or employee of the Company if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he
  or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
  Company, and, with respect to criminal actions or proceedings, if such person
  had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
  
  
  
  
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          The Registration Rights Agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.13 to the
  Company's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-80549) filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 1995, as amended (the "Form
  S-1"), provides for indemnification (subject to certain limitations) of the
  Company, its officers and directors and persons who control the Company within
  the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, by certain stockholders
  of the Company against certain liabilities arising under the securities laws in
  connection with a public offering of the Company's securities conducted pursuant
  to such agreement.
  
          Under Section 8 of the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to
  the Form S-1, the underwriters of the Company's initial public offering have
  agreed to indemnify, under certain conditions, the Company, its directors,
  certain of its officers and persons who control the Company within the meaning
  of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against certain liabilities.
  
          The Company carries directors' and officers' liability insurance
  covering its directors and officers.
  
  Item 7.        Exemption from Registration Claimed.
                 -----------------------------------
  
          Not applicable.
  
  Item 8.        Exhibits.
                 --------
  
          The following is a complete list of exhibits filed or incorporated by
  reference as part of this registration statement.
  
  Exhibits
  - --------
  
        4.1      Trident International, Inc. Amended and Restated 1994 Stock 
                 Option and Grant Plan.
        4.2      Forms of Option Agreements.
        5.1      Opinion of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP as to the legality of the
                 securities being registered.
       23.1      Consent of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP (to be included in 
                 Exhibit 5.1).
       23.2      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Accountants.
       24.1      Powers of Attorney (included on page 4 of this registration 
                 statement).
  
  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:
  
                               (i)    To include any prospectus required by 
                        Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  
                               (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
                        events arising after the effective date of the
                        registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
                        amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
                        aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                        information set forth in the registration statement; and
  
                               (iii)  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;
  
                        (2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability
                 under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
                 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; and
  
                        (3)    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,
                 each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
                 13(a) or
  
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                 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
                 an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
                 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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 may be permitted to directors, officers and
                 controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
                 provisions, 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, 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
                 of such issue.
  
  
  
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                                     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 Town of Brookfield, State of Connecticut, on August 22, 1996.
  
                                      TRIDENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
  
                                      By: /s/ Elaine A. Pullen
                                          ---------------------------------------
                                          Elaine A. Pullen
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer
  
                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned officers and
  directors of Trident International, Inc. hereby severally constitute Elaine A.
  Pullen and J. Leo Gagne, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys
  with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our
  names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement filed
  herewith and any and all amendments to said registration statement, and
  generally to do all such things in our names and in our capacities as officers
  and directors to enable Trident International, Inc. to comply with the
  provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the Securities
  and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they
  may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration
  statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  
  <TABLE>
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the date indicated.
  <CAPTION>
  
                SIGNATURE                                   CAPACITY                                    DATE
                ---------                                   --------                                    ----
  
  <S>                                         <C>                                                  <C>
  /s/ Elaine A. Pullen                        Director, President and Chief                        August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------        Chief Executive Officer       
      Elaine A. Pullen                        (Principal Executive Officer) 
                                      
  
  /s/ J. Leo Gagne                            Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial         August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------        Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
      J. Leo Gagne                        
  
  /s/ R. Hugh Van Brimer                      Chairman of the Board of Directors                   August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------
      R. Hugh Van Brimer
  
  /s/ Robert S. Anderson                      Director                                             August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------
      Robert S. Anderson
  
  /s/ Russell J. Greenberg                    Director                                             August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------
      Russell J. Greenberg
  
  /s/ A. Bruce Johnston                       Director                                             August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------
      A. Bruce Johnston
  
  /s/ Norman L. Norris                        Director                                             August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------
      Norman L. Norris
  
  /s/ Michael K. Lorelli                      Director                                             August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------
      Michael K. Lorelli
  </TABLE>
  
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  <TABLE>
                                           EXHIBIT INDEX
  <CAPTION>
  
  Exhibit No.                                Description                                     Page
  - -----------                                -----------                                     ----
      
     <S>       <C>                                                                          <C>
     4.1      Trident International, Inc. Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Option
              and Grant Plan.
      
     4.2      Forms of Option Agreements.
      
     5.1      Opinion of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP as to the legality of the
              securities being registered.
      
    23.1      Consent of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP (to be included in Exhibit 5.1).
      
    23.2      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Accountants.
      
    24.1      Powers of Attorney (included on page 4 of this registration statement).
  </TABLE>
  
  
  
  
  
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       As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23, 1996
  
                                                REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-
  
  ================================================================================
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                              -------------------------
  
                                      FORM S-8
                               REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                        UNDER
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                              -------------------------
  
                             TRIDENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
          Delaware                                        06-6403301
  (State of Incorporation)                 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
  
                                  1114 FEDERAL ROAD
                            BROOKFIELD, CONNECTICUT 06804
                                   (203) 740-9333
  
     (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                     Registrant's principal executive offices)
  
                             TRIDENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                AMENDED AND RESTATED 1994 STOCK OPTION AND GRANT PLAN
                              (Full Title of the Plan)
  
                        ------------------------------------
  
                                  ELAINE A. PULLEN
                        PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                             TRIDENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                  1114 FEDERAL ROAD
                            BROOKFIELD, CONNECTICUT 06804
                                   (203) 740-9333
  
   (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                                of agent for service)
  
                            ----------------------------
  
                                   With a copy to:
                               John J. Egan III, Esq.
                             GOODWIN, PROCTER & HOAR LLP
                                   Exchange Place
                                   53 State Street
                          Boston, Massachusetts 02109-2881
                                   (617) 570-1000
  
                            -----------------------------
  
                                                   CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  ================================================================================================================================
   Title of Securities Being          Amount to be        Proposed Maximum Offering  Proposed Maximum Aggregate       Amount of
           Registered                Registered (1)            Price Per Share             Offering Price         Registration Fee
  - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Common Stock, par value $.01      1,000,000 shares            $19.875(2)                 $19,875,000               $6,854
  per share
  ================================================================================================================================
  (1)      Plus such additional number of shares as may be required pursuant to the Trident International, Inc. Amended and
           Restated 1994 Stock Option and Grant Plan in the event of a stock dividend, reverse stock split, split-up,
           recapitalization or other similar event.
  
  (2)      This estimate is based on the average of the bid and asked prices on the Nasdaq National Market of the Common
           Stock of Trident International, Inc. on August 20, 1996 pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of
           1933, as amended, solely for purposes of determining the registration fee.
  ================================================================================
  2
  
                                       PART II
  
                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  
  Item 3.        Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
                 -----------------------------------------------
  
           Trident International, Inc. (the "Company") hereby incorporates by
  reference the documents listed in (a) through (c) below, which have previously
  been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  
          (a)    The Company's prospectus, containing audited financial statements
                 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1995, filed with the
                 Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
                 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
                 "Securities Act"), on February 28, 1996;
  
          (b)    All other reports filed since September 30, 1995 pursuant to
                 Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
                 amended (the "Exchange Act"); and
  
          (c)    The description of the Company's common stock contained in its
                 Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Securities and
                 Exchange Commission on January 30, 1996, as amended, under
                 Section 12 of the Exchange Act and any amendments or reports
                 filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  
          In addition, all documents subsequently filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
  hereto which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or
  that 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 date of filing of such documents.
  
  Item 4.        Description of Securities.
                 -------------------------
  
          Not Applicable.
  
  Item 5.        Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
                 --------------------------------------
  
          Not Applicable.
  
  Item 6.        Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
                 -----------------------------------------
  
          In accordance with Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the
  State of Delaware, Article VII of the Company's Third Amended and Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate") provides that no director of
  the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for
  monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
  liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or
  its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
  intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) in respect of
  certain unlawful dividend payments or stock redemptions or repurchases, or (iv)
  for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
  benefit. In addition, the Certificate provides that if the General Corporation
  Law of the State of Delaware is amended to authorize the further elimination or
  limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of
  the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted
  by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as so amended.
  
          Article V of the Company's Amended and Restated By-laws provides for
  indemnification by the Company of its directors, officers and certain
  non-officer employees under certain circumstances against expenses (including
  attorney's fees, judgments, fines, taxes, penalties and amounts paid in
  settlement) reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of
  any threatened, pending or completed legal proceeding in which any such person
  is involved by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer
  or employee of the Company if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he
  or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
  Company, and, with respect to criminal actions or proceedings, if such person
  had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
  3
  
          The Registration Rights Agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.13 to the
  Company's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-80549) filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 1995, as amended (the "Form
  S-1"), provides for indemnification (subject to certain limitations) of the
  Company, its officers and directors and persons who control the Company within
  the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, by certain stockholders
  of the Company against certain liabilities arising under the securities laws in
  connection with a public offering of the Company's securities conducted pursuant
  to such agreement.
  
          Under Section 8 of the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to
  the Form S-1, the underwriters of the Company's initial public offering have
  agreed to indemnify, under certain conditions, the Company, its directors,
  certain of its officers and persons who control the Company within the meaning
  of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against certain liabilities.
  
          The Company carries directors' and officers' liability insurance
  covering its directors and officers.
  
  Item 7.        Exemption from Registration Claimed.
                 -----------------------------------
  
          Not applicable.
  
  Item 8.        Exhibits.
                 --------
  
          The following is a complete list of exhibits filed or incorporated by
  reference as part of this registration statement.
  
  Exhibits
  - --------
  
        4.1      Trident International, Inc. Amended and Restated 1994 Stock 
                 Option and Grant Plan.
        4.2      Forms of Option Agreements.
        5.1      Opinion of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP as to the legality of the
                 securities being registered.
       23.1      Consent of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP (to be included in 
                 Exhibit 5.1).
       23.2      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Accountants.
       24.1      Powers of Attorney (included on page 4 of this registration 
                 statement).
  
  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:
  
                               (i)    To include any prospectus required by 
                        Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  
                               (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
                        events arising after the effective date of the
                        registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
                        amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
                        aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                        information set forth in the registration statement; and
  
                               (iii)  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;
  
                        (2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability
                 under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
                 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; and
  
                        (3)    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,
                 each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
                 13(a) or
  
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  4
  
                 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
                 an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
                 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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 may be permitted to directors, officers and
                 controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
                 provisions, 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, 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
                 of such issue.
  
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  5
  
                                     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 Town of Brookfield, State of Connecticut, on August 22, 1996.
  
                                      TRIDENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
  
                                      By: /s/ Elaine A. Pullen
                                          ---------------------------------------
                                          Elaine A. Pullen
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer
  
                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned officers and
  directors of Trident International, Inc. hereby severally constitute Elaine A.
  Pullen and J. Leo Gagne, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys
  with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our
  names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement filed
  herewith and any and all amendments to said registration statement, and
  generally to do all such things in our names and in our capacities as officers
  and directors to enable Trident International, Inc. to comply with the
  provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the Securities
  and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they
  may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration
  statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the date indicated.
  SIGNATURE                                   CAPACITY                                    DATE
                ---------                                   --------                                    ----
  /s/ Elaine A. Pullen                        Director, President and Chief                        August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------        Chief Executive Officer       
      Elaine A. Pullen                        (Principal Executive Officer) 
                                      
  
  /s/ J. Leo Gagne                            Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial         August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------        Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
      J. Leo Gagne                        
  
  /s/ R. Hugh Van Brimer                      Chairman of the Board of Directors                   August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------
      R. Hugh Van Brimer
  
  /s/ Robert S. Anderson                      Director                                             August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------
      Robert S. Anderson
  
  /s/ Russell J. Greenberg                    Director                                             August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------
      Russell J. Greenberg
  
  /s/ A. Bruce Johnston                       Director                                             August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------
      A. Bruce Johnston
  
  /s/ Norman L. Norris                        Director                                             August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------
      Norman L. Norris
  
  /s/ Michael K. Lorelli                      Director                                             August 22, 1996
  - ------------------------------------
      Michael K. Lorelli
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                                           EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit No.                                Description                                     Page
  - -----------                                -----------                                     ----
  4.1      Trident International, Inc. Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Option
              and Grant Plan.
      
     4.2      Forms of Option Agreements.
      
     5.1      Opinion of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP as to the legality of the
              securities being registered.
      
    23.1      Consent of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP (to be included in Exhibit 5.1).
      
    23.2      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Accountants.
      
    24.1      Powers of Attorney (included on page 4 of this registration statement).
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