<P> Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc. is a fictional paper sales company featured in the United States television series The Office . It is analogous to Wernham Hogg in the British original of the series, and Papiers Jennings and Cogirep in the French Canadian and French adaptations respectively . Originally, the company was completely fictitious, but eventually the brand was used to sell products at Staples and other office supply outlets . </P> <P> Two websites have been created to support the fictional company, one with the image of a public website, and one meant to look like the corporation's intranet . NBC sold branded merchandise at its NBC Universal Store website . Its logo was prominently displayed in several locations in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the show is set . Scranton has been associated internationally with Dunder Mifflin due to the show's international reach . In a 2008 St. Patrick's Day speech in the suburb of Dickson City, then - Prime Minister of Ireland Bertie Ahern made a reference to the city's fictional branch office . </P>

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