Exhibit 28

ALCO Standard Corporation
 
Michael N. Kilpatric              Martha A. Buckley           Suzanne C. Shenk
Director of Communications        Director, Corporate         Manager, Investor 
IKON Office Solutions             Communications              Relations
610-993-3662                      610-993-3609                610-993-3526


                          ALCO OFFICE PRODUCTS RENAMED
                             IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS


      Valley Forge, Pennsylvania -- March 4, 1996 -- Alco Standard Corporation
 announced today that, effective immediately, its office products group has been
 renamed IKON Office Solutions.

      IKON, formerly known as Alco Office Products (AOP), is the largest network
 of independent office products dealers in North America.  Alco also operates
 the largest network of independent office products dealers in the United
 Kingdom and has operations in Denmark, France and Germany.  Prior to adopting
 the IKON identity, the dealers operated under more than eighty different names
 across North America and Europe.  The new name will be adopted worldwide by
 October 1997.

      John Stuart, Alco's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "This
 name change will signal a new strategic direction to our customers, employees,
 suppliers and investors.  We are expanding our focus from sales and service of
 copiers to providing a full range of office imaging, information and work flow
 solutions to our customers.  In addition," Stuart continued, "the common name
 provides much of the increased marketing power we'll need to effectively
 service regional and national accounts, even as we continue to provide
 personalized service on a local level."

      Kurt Dinkelacker, President of IKON, added, "Our new name will leverage
 the power of our customer-focused network.  It allows for our expansion into
 outsourcing and digital networking, as we double the size of our analog copier
 business.  We will be the leader, the symbol, the icon of service and solutions
 in the office environment.


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      "Because we utilize a variety of suppliers and are not tied to any one
   technology," Dinkelacker said, "we can provide our customers with the right
   solution to their office technology and information imaging needs, whether
   it's copies, facilities management, off-site printing and imaging, or digital
   networking services."

      IKON Office Solutions has its origins in a single-location copier dealer
   acquired in 1979.  In 1983, Alco began expanding the business through
   acquisition, and since that time, the network has grown to nearly 800
   locations, 25,000 employees and a base of more than 300,000 customers
   worldwide.

      In the last five years, IKON has posted a compound annual growth rate of
   25% in revenues and nearly 34% in operating income, increasing returns on
   sales from 6.2% in 1990 to 9% last year.  Revenues for fiscal 1995, which
   ended September 30, were nearly $3 billion.  Through its expanded focus on
   analog copying, outsourcing and digital networking business solutions, IKON
   expects to be at $10 billion in revenues by the year 2000, with significantly
   increased returns on sales.

      In a related move, Alco announced a new name for its wholly-owned leasing
   company, which will now be called IKON Capital, Inc.  IKON Capital,
   headquartered in Macon, Georgia, was formerly known as Alco Capital Resource.
   The company provides financing for office equipment leased by IKON locations
   throughout North America, and manages a lease portfolio in excess of $1
   billion.  Alco's newly-formed European leasing company will be known as IKON
   Capital UK.

      IKON Office Solutions is one of two business groups operated by Alco
   Standard Corporation, headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.  Along
   with IKON, Alco also operates Unisource, the largest marketer and distributor
   of paper and imaging products and supply systems in North America.  Total
   corporate revenues for fiscal 1995 were nearly $10 billion.

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