Mr. Mark White, president and managing director of Staples, a local office supplies and product firm, is pictured above at this week's product showing of RICOH photocopiers and fax machines held at the Princess Hotel.

The main features were a RICOH NC305 colour copier, a new line of fax machines, and two mid-volume photocopiers.

"It was a spectacular year in office supplies,'' said Mr. White. "Sales were up by 40 percent in 1993,'' he said.