COPPELL, Texas--March 31, 1999--TST/Impreso, Inc. (Nasdaq National Market: ``TSTI''), producer of the successful HotSheet.com® online web reference directory, today announced the immediate availability of a new meta-search service: HotSheet Super Search. The service performs simultaneous searches of the web's top search engines, and presents combined results ranked by relevance. Super Search is accessed through a form near the top of the HotSheet directory page at www.hotsheet.com.
HotSheet Super Search users can perform searches of Websites, Usenet forums, or News stories. The web search combines and sorts results from eight leading search engines and directories, while Usenet searches are performed against hundreds of newsgroup discussion forums. News stories are gathered from various news bureaus and publications around the world.
``We have substantially enhanced the usefulness of HotSheet with Super Search, while at the same time bolstering the HotSheet.com brand name and increasing advertising revenues for our Company,'' stated Marshall Sorokwasz, President and Chief Executive Officer of TST/Impreso, Inc. ``Users rely upon HotSheet.com for quality site selections via our directory, and we expect them to be pleased with the quality of results provided by Super Search. With our ability to target advertising based upon the search words or phrases entered by HotSheet users, we should be able to solicit higher rates for ads displayed on the Super Search 'results' pages.''
HotSheet.com, which is accessed over 2 million times each month, is a unique single-page directory with categorized links to premier web destinations. Sites are selected for their overall quality, popularity, and appeal to a wide audience. This results in an easy-to-use web portal that is favored by many as their starting page of choice when accessing the Internet.
HotSheet Super Search is provided in partnership with Mamma.com - ``The Mother of All Search Engines''. Mamma Systems, Inc. is a privately held corporation based in Montreal, Canada. Established in early 1996, Mamma was the first Meta Search Engine on the Web. Ongoing Research and Development efforts and advancement in network technology have allowed Mamma.com to maintain its position as the Web's premier Meta Search Engine.
TST/Impreso, Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of hard copy imaging products for commercial and home use in domestic and international markets. The Company also owns and manages HotSheet.com, a single-page, online Internet directory with categorized links to premier web destinations. Headquartered in Coppell, Texas (Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex), TST/Impreso operates three manufacturing plants and distributes its products through 47 warehouse locations. The Company's website domains are www.hotsheet.com, www.shopsheet.com, www.impreso.com, and www.tstimpreso.com.
The common stock of TST/Impreso, Inc. is traded on Nasdaq's National Market System under the symbol ``TSTI''.
For further information, please contact:
Marshall Sorokwasz
(972) 462-0100 (ext. 103)
or
R. Jerry Falkner, CFA, Investor Relations Counsel
(800) 377-9893
www.rjfalkner.com