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                                    FORM 6-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                        Report of Foreign Private Issuer
                      Pursuant to Rule 12a-16 or 15d-16 of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                  July 17, 2003

                           Commission File No. 0-26498

                             NUR MACROPRINTERS LTD.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

                                 Not Applicable
                 (Translation of Registrant's Name into English)

                          12 Abba Hilel, Silver Street
                                       Lod
                                  71111 Israel
                    (Address and principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant  files or will file annual reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                       Form 20-F |X|      Form 40-F |_|

Indicate by check mark whether the  registrant  by  furnishing  the  information
contained  in this  Form is  also  thereby  furnishing  the  information  to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                       Yes |_|            No |X|

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b).

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Attached hereto and  incorporated by reference  herein is a press release of the
registrant dated July 17, 2003.

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                                   SIGNATURES

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, thereunto duly authorized.

                                                NUR MACROPRINTERS LTD.


                                                By: /s/ David Amir
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Date: August 7, 2003                            David Amir
                                                Chief Executive Officer

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NUR Macroprinters Ltd. Announces Transfer to Nasdaq SmallCap Market
Common Shares Will Continue To Trade Under NURM Listing

LOD, Israel,  July 17 -- NUR Macroprinters Ltd. (Nasdaq:  NURM), a world leading
manufacturer  of  wide  and  super-wide  format  digital  printing  systems  and
consumables for the  out-of-home  advertising  market,  announced today that The
Nasdaq Stock Market,  Inc. has approved  NUR's  application to transfer from The
Nasdaq  National Market to The Nasdaq  SmallCap  Market.  The transfer will take
effect at the opening of business, July 21, 2003.

On November 4, 2002,  NUR was notified it was not in  compliance  with  NASDAQ's
requirement  it  maintain a minimum  bid price of $1.00 per  share.  In order to
ensure  continuity  of its Nasdaq  listing and to protect the  interests  of its
stockholders,  NUR  elected to  transfer to The Nasdaq  SmallCap  Market.  NUR's
ordinary shares will continue to trade under the stock symbol 'NURM'.

ABOUT NUR MACROPRINTERS LTD.

NUR  Macroprinters  (Nasdaq:  NURM) is a global  market leader in wide and super
wide digital printing solutions for the out-of-home advertising market. From its
photorealistic  printers  to  its  high  throughput  production  presses,  NUR's
comprehensive  line of digital  printers  and  consumables  address the complete
range of wide and super wide format digital printing  requirements.  NUR's fully
digital printing solutions help customers worldwide deliver the high quality and
fast  turnaround  they  need to meet  their  customers'  wide  ranging  printing
requirements. NUR Macroprinters Ltd. can be found on the Internet at www.nur.com

Certain  statements  made  herein  that  use the  words  "estimate,"  "project,"
"intend,"  "expect,"  "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking   statements  within  the  meaning  of  the  private  securities
litigation reform act of 1995. These  forward-looking  statements  involve known
and unknown  risks and  uncertainties,  which  could  cause the actual  results,
performance or achievements of NUR Macroprinters Ltd. To be materially different
from those  which may be  expressed  or implied by such  statements,  including,
among  others,   changes  in  general  economic  and  business   conditions  and
specifically,  decline in demand for NUR Macroprinters Ltd's products, inability
to timely develop and introduce new technologies,  products and applications and
loss of market  share and pressure on prices  resulting  from  competition.  For
additional  information  regarding  these  and  other  risks  and  uncertainties
associated with the Company's  business,  reference is made to NUR Macroprinters
Ltd.'s  reports  filed  from  time to time  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission.

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