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                                   CERTIFICATION


     I, _________________________, do hereby certify that I am the
____________________ of Northstar Computer Forms, Inc., a Minnesota corporation,
and that by action of the Board of Directors of said corporation taken on
_______________, 1999, the document entitled "FIRST AMENDMENT OF NORTHSTAR
COMPUTER FORMS, INC. 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN TRUST AGREEMENT (1998
Restatement)" was approved and adopted effective as of January 1, 1999.  I
further certify that the document hereto attached is a true and correct copy of
said document.



_______________, 1999                        __________________________


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                                  FIRST AMENDMENT
                                         OF
                           NORTHSTAR COMPUTER FORMS, INC.
                     401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN TRUST AGREEMENT
                                 (1998 RESTATEMENT)


     THIS AGREEMENT, Made and entered into as of _______________, 1999, by and
between NORTHSTAR COMPUTER FORMS, INC., a Minnesota corporation (the "Principal
Sponsor"), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association
organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee (together with its
successors, the "Trustee");

     WITNESSETH:  That

     WHEREAS, The Principal Sponsor has previously established and maintains a
profit sharing plan (the "Plan") which, in its most recent amended and restated
form, is embodied in a document dated December 15, 1998 and entitled "Northstar
Computer Forms, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (1998 Restatement)" (the "Plan
Statement"); and

     WHEREAS, The Principal Sponsor has reserved to itself the power to amend
the Plan Statement; and

     WHEREAS, The Principal Sponsor desires to amend the Plan Statement in the
manner hereinafter set forth;

     NOW, THEREFORE, The Plan Statement is hereby amended as follows:

1.   QUALIFYING FOR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS.  EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 1998,
SECTION 3.6 OF THE PLAN STATEMENT SHALL BE AMENDED TO READ IN FULL AS FOLLOWS:

1.1  ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.  For purposes of Section 3.5, a Participant shall be
an eligible Participant for a Plan Year only if such Participant has satisfied
the requirements of Section 2.1 and, in addition, satisfies the requirements in
either (a) or (b) below:

     (a)  the Participant:

          (i)  is credited with at least one thousand (1,000) Hours of Service
               for such Plan Year, and

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          (ii) is on the last day of such Plan Year, an employee of the Employer
               (including for this purpose any Participant who then is on
               temporary layoff or authorized leave of absence or who, during
               such Plan Year, was inducted into the Armed Forces of the United
               States from employment with the Employer); or

     (b)  the Participant:

          (i)  is credited with at least one thousand (1,000) Hours of Service
               for such Plan Year, and

          (ii) terminates employment with the Employer within the Plan Year by
               reason of death, retirement at or after the Participant's Normal
               Retirement Age or Disability.

No other Participant shall be an eligible Participant.

2.   SAVINGS CLAUSE.  SAVE AND EXCEPT AS HEREIN EXPRESSLY AMENDED, THE PLAN
STATEMENT SHALL CONTINUE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Each of the parties hereto has caused these presents to
be executed, all as of the day and year first above written.




U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION     NORTHSTAR COMPUTER FORMS,
                                   INC.

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                                  WRITING IN LIEU
                                   OF MEETING OF
                                 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                                         OF
                           NORTHSTAR COMPUTER FORMS, INC.


     The undersigned, being all the directors of Northstar Computer Forms, Inc.,
a Minnesota corporation, by this Writing in Lieu of Meeting of Board of
Directors, do hereby adopt the following resolutions:

          RESOLVED, That the document entitled "FIRST AMENDMENT OF
     NORTHSTAR COMPUTER FORMS, INC. 401(k) PROFIT SHARING PLAN TRUST
     AGREEMENT (1998 Restatement)" is hereby approved and adopted.

          RESOLVED FURTHER, That the officers of this corporation are
     authorized and directed to take all actions necessary or desirable to
     carry said document into full force and effect and to cause said
     document to be presented, together with such supporting data as may be
     necessary, to any agency or agencies of the government for ruling as
     to whether the same complies with the pertinent provisions of the
     Internal Revenue Code and, in particular, sections 401(a) and 501(a)
     thereof, and other applicable provisions of law with authority to make
     any changes thereof which may be necessary or desirable, in their
     opinion, in order to obtain a favorable ruling from said agency or
     agencies.


Dated:  _______________, 1999     _________________________________________

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