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December 18, 1998                                                    EXHIBIT 5


Northstar Computer Forms, Inc.
1730 Northland Circle North
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota  55428


RE:  REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8


Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Northstar Computer Forms, Inc. (the "Company") 
in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as 
amended (the "'33 Act") of 80,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $.05 
per share par value (the "Common Stock") issuable under the Company's 
Original Directors Option Plan and Outside Directors Stock Option Plan (the 
"Plans") under the Registration Statement on Form S-8 proposed to be filed 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We have made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries, including an 
examination of originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our 
satisfaction as being true reproductions of originals, of all such corporate 
records of the Company, agreements and other instruments, certificates of 
public officials and officers and representatives of the Company, and such 
other documents as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions 
hereinafter expressed.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in our examination, we have 
assumed without independent verification, that (i) each of the parties 
thereto has duly and validly executed and delivered each instrument, document 
and agreement to which such party is a signatory, and such party's obligation 
set forth therein are its legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable 
in accordance with their respective terms, (ii) each natural person executing 
any such instrument, document or agreement is legally competent to do so, and 
(iii) all corporate records made available to us by the Company and all 
public records reviewed are accurate and complete.

Based upon the foregoing and having regard to legal considerations that we 
deem relevant, we are of the opinion that, when the shares of Common Stock 
have been



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registered under the '33 Act, and when the Company has received the 
consideration to be received for said shares in accordance with the 
provisions of the Plans and said shares of Common Stock have been issued by 
the Company as provided under the Plans, said shares of Common Stock will be 
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the 
Registration Statement. 

Very truly yours,

Parsinen Kaplan Levy Rosberg & Gotlieb P.A.

/s/ Parsinen Kaplan Levy Rosberg & Gotlieb P.A.