TOTOWA, NJ, January 28, 2002 — Pitman Company, the leading North American graphic arts supplier, today announced that PrintNation (www.PrintNation.com), the world's largest online printing and equipment supplies store, is now offering a wide spectrum of premium offset, digital and specialty papers for printing and office applications, in addition to Pitman's full product line of prepress and pressroom supplies. Through the PrintNation e-commerce website, customers can now order ream-packed premium text, cover and writing papers from one of the industry's largest standing inventories. Virtually all of the top quality grades such as Beckett, Strathmore, Crane's, Speckletone, Classic Crest and Cougar, as well as a host of other popular grades, are in stock and ready for same-day or next-day shipment. The papers are available in 8_x11, 8_x14 and 11x17 cut sizes. Dennis Hays, President of the PrintNation Division of Pitman Company, noted, "We're very pleased to have premium papers again available online to PrintNation's customers, and with a greater depth of product lines than ever before. Now through PrintNation's easy-to-use e-commerce source, customers have direct, fast access to an essential component of their graphics operations, enhancing even more the ease and value of doing business with Pitman Company anywhere in the country." In addition to its new array of paper products, PrintNation continues to give customers online access to Pitman's unlimited selection of products from more than 900 quality brand suppliers, including Agfa, Apple, Canon, Artwork Systems, DuPont, ECRM, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Kodak Polychrome Graphics, Screen and many others