Astro-Med Exhibiting at Annual NASFT.

WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- Astro-Med, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALOT) announces its printer demonstration to the Specialty Food Trade at the 50th International Fancy Food and Confection Show, held this week in New York City.

Astro-Med's QuickLabel Systems Product Group is demonstrating digital color label printing with its QLS-4100 Xe, QLS-3000, and Pronto model printers and label and ribbon supplies, to specialty food trade-only attendees at its booth on the main floor of the annual trade show at the Jacob K. Javits Center. The show, known within the industry as the "Fancy Food Show," is sponsored by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT), and is open only to attendees within the specialty food trade. Over 32,000 international visitors attended the show last year.

Commenting on the timeliness of Astro-Med's exhibit, Astro-Med National Sales Manager Eric Pizzuti stated: "QuickLabel printers offer the flexibility to create and re-create packaging in-house, and the specialty food trade is hungry for that kind of marketing flexibility. For them, it's the freedom to customize packaging for store brand private labeling, to instantly refresh on-label marketing messages, and to instantly produce personalized product labels."

"All manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of specialty foods - large and small - are looking for a better way to get customized product labels, and that's just what QuickLabel digital color label printers provide," Pizzuti continued.

According to the NASFT, the Fancy Food Show attracts visitors from every segment of the specialty food industry, from national brands to family-run businesses. "Their tabletop size and ease of use makes QuickLabel printers an easy fit for large production facilities and small gourmet stores alike," said Pizzuti.

"We're delighted to be a part of the historic 50th anniversary of the Fancy Food Show," Pizzuti emphasized.

Astro-Med, Inc. is a USA-based manufacturer and direct supplier of a broad range of multi-color digital label printers utilizing patented single and double-sided thermal transfer printing technologies. Astro-Med also manufactures label applicators, print-and-apply systems, label design software, thermal transfer ribbon, and labels and tags employed around the world in a wide range of industrial applications. Astro-Med's label printing products are sold by its QuickLabel Systems Product Group. Astro-Med's other product groups, Grass-Telefactor and Astro-Med Test and Measurement, manufacture electronic medical instrumentation and data acquisition and graphic recording systems for use in medical, industrial, and aerospace applications.

Visit Astro-Med, Inc. at www.astro-med.com and www.QuickLabelSystems.com for further information.

Safe Harbor Statement

This news release contains forward-looking statements, and actual results may vary from those expressed or implied herein. Factors that could affect these results include those mentioned in Astro-Med's FY2003 annual report and its annual and quarterly filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.