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 Annual Report for the 401K Plan for
Employees of New England Business Service, Inc. (the "Plan")
on Form 11-K for the period ended December 31, 2002 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: June 27, 2003

/s/ Robert J. Murray
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Robert J. Murray
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer