Business Services Industry

Impreso Subsidiary Chosen as a Core Supplier to Unisource

Business Wire, Jan 28, 2002

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COPPELL, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2002

Impreso, Inc. (Nasdaq SmallCap:ZCOM), which through its subsidiaries is involved in (1) the manufacture and distribution of paper and film hard copy imaging products for commercial and home office applications and (2) the development of eCommerce initiatives, today announced that in November 2001, its wholly-owned subsidiary, TST/Impreso, Inc. became the core supplier to Unisource Worldwide, Inc., a Georgia-Pacific company, for Wide Format Engineering Rolls & Ink Jet Media products.

Unisource is the leading national distributor for commercial and business paper, imaging supplies, packaging systems, and facility supplies and equipment. "Wide Format Product sales to Unisource could exceed $2 million in the year 2002," stated Marshall Sorokwasz, President and Chief Executive Officer of Impreso, Inc. "The Wide Format Line of products is one of the paper industry's fastest growing categories, with printer growth doubling in the past three years, supplies sales volume has increased over 30% per year."

"Unisource chose TST, with its 4 manufacturing plants and 57 public warehouse locations around the country, to help streamline Unisource's distribution of products and minimize its inventory obligations," continued Mr. Sorokwasz. "TST is able to provide next day delivery in most markets on their complete product line, and while our distribution capabilities contributed to Unisource's decision, product quality is the factor which captured and will retain this business."

"TST/Impreso was selected based on the overall value they bring to Unisource through what they offered in field sales support, competitive pricing, strong logistical support and broad product offering," commented Allen W. Tate, Vice President - Sales and Marketing Business Papers & Imaging Supplies. "The decision to go with TST/Impreso was made by the Printing & Imaging area market leaders and corporate management, after comparing the proposals and offerings of other major producers within this product category."

About Impreso, Inc.

Impreso, Inc. is a holding company for TST/Impreso, Inc. and HotSheet.com, Inc. TST/Impreso, Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of hard copy imaging products for commercial and home use in domestic and international markets. HotSheet.com, Inc. primarily owns HotSheet.com, a single-page, online Internet directory with categorized links to premier Web destinations. The Company's Web site domains are www.hotsheet.com, www.impreso.com, and www.tstimpreso.com.

Impreso, Inc. is headquartered in Coppell, Texas, and its common stock trades on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market under the symbol "ZCOM".

This press release may include statements that constitute "forward-looking" statements, usually containing the words "believe", "estimate", "project", "expect" or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, continued acceptance of the Company's products in the marketplace, competitive factors, new products and technological changes, paper prices and raw material costs, dependence upon third-party vendors, and other risks detailed in the Company's periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

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