Exhibit 23.1



               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8) of IKON Office Solutions, Inc. pertaining to the IKON Office Solutions,
Inc. Retirement Savings Plan of our report dated October 25, 1999 (except for
the first paragraph of note 8, as to which the date is November 24, 1999 and the
third paragraph of note 4, as to which the date is December 9, 1999) with
respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of IKON Office
Solutions, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1999 and for each of the
two years in the period ended September 30, 1999 included in its Annual Report
(Form 10-K) for the year ended September 30, 2000, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.




                                        /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 17, 2001