Exhibit 99.1
                  CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                   18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
              OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of New
England Business Service, Inc. (the "Company") for the
period ended March 29, 2003, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Robert J. Murray, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that to my knowledge:
1.The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
  U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d)); and
2.The information contained in the Report fairly presents,
  in all material respects, the financial condition and
  results of operations of the Company.

Dated: May 12, 2003
/s/Robert J. Murray
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Robert J. Murray
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer