<PAGE>
NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release
Printware, Inc.
1270 Eagan Industrial Rd.
St. Paul, MN 55121
http://PrintwareInc.com
CONTACT:
Gary S. Kohler, White Box Advisors, (612) 253-6027
Daniel A. Baker, Printware, Inc., (651) 456-1400
New Board of Directors Takes Office at Printware, Inc.
ST. PAUL, MINN., June 16, 2000--Shareholders of Printware, Inc. (Nasdaq-
NNM: PRTW) voted to elect all nominees of the Shareholders' Committee to
Improve Printware Shareholder Value (the "Committee") to the board of
directors of Printware, based on final results released today. Printware's
new board of directors consists of Charlie Bolger, Stanley Goldberg, Roger
Lucas, Douglas Pihl, Gary Kohler and Andrew Redleaf.
Printware, Inc. designs, builds, and markets "computer-to-plate"
systems, which are used by the printing industry to create printing plates
directly from computers or the Internet. Computer-to-plate systems replace
the traditional platemaking process of typesetting, proofing, paste-up,
camera work, and processing film.
