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In <8oj47891lrcnrijt9g3dq203o138lpi...@4ax.com> ArarghMail208NOS...@NOT.AT.Arargh.com writes:

>>>>> I believe we used to have the forms companies do the design for us for
>>>>> free in return for a guaranteed order.
>>
>>>> You mean the companies like Moore Business Forms and such for output
>>>> paper?
>>
>>> Yes, I thought of Moore, but was trying to come up with one or two other 
>>> names.
>>
>>UARCO was another big supplier.  It was bought by Standard Register in 1997.

>Well, I have forms rulers from "The Standard Register Company", "the
>forms group"(I think they were/are local to Illinois), and "Duplex
>Products, Inc." sitting over there on the corner of my desk. All
>left over from the early 70s.  Still use them a bit.  :-)

New England Business Forms, perhaps? ALthoguh in looking
them up now I see they've been bought up by "Deluxe".
http://www.nebs.com
http://www.deluxe.com/

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