59421_3/28650.00010



   As filed with the Securities And Exchange Commission on August 28, 2000.

                                                Registration No. 333-38100


                               UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                __________

                                 FORM S-8

          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                __________

                        ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC.
          ------------------------------------------------------
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Texas                                             75-0256410
-------------------------------                        -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                        Identification No.)

          1510 N. Hampton
          DeSoto, Texas                                  75115
----------------------------------------               ----------
(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


                  ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC. 401(k) PLAN
                  --------------------------------------
                         (Full title of the plan)

                             Keith S. Walters
                        Chairman, CEO and President
                        Ennis Business Forms, Inc.
                              1510 N. Hampton
                           DeSoto, Texas  75115
                  ---------------------------------------
                  (Name and address of agent for service)

                              (972) 228-7801
       -------------------------------------------------------------
       (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                      CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                      -------------------------------


                               Proposed      Proposed
 Title of                      maximum       maximum
securities       Amount        offering      aggregate      Amount of
   to be          to be         price        offering     registration
registered     registered     per share       price           fee
----------     ----------     ---------      ---------    ------------

  Common        300,000       $8.375(2)     $2,512,500        $663
  Stock,       shares(1)
 $2.50 par
   value


     (1)  Pursuant  to  Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act  of  1933,  as
amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Ennis Business Forms,  Inc.
401(k) Plan.

     (2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the  registration
fee  pursuant  to Rule 457(h).  The fee is calculated on the basis  of  the
average  of  the  high  and low trading prices for the Registrant's  Common
Stock  on August 17, 2000, as reported the New York Stock Exchange Composite
Tape.



PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
------------------------------------------------------------


   Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
   ----------------------------------------------------

     The  following document filed by the Registrant or the Plan  with  the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission (the "Commission")  pursuant  to  the
Securities  Exchange  Act  of 1934, as amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  is
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

     The  Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
   ended February 29, 2000 (File No. 1-5807).

     All  documents  filed by the Registrant or  the  Plan  with  the
   Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of  the
   Exchange  Act  after the date of this Registration Statement,  but
   prior  to  the  filing  of  a  post-effective  amendment  to  this
   Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
   by this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters
   all  such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to  be
   incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.   Each
   document   incorporated  by  reference  into   this   Registration
   Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a part  of  this  Registration
   Statement  from  the  date of filing of  such  document  with  the
   Commission  until the information contained therein is  superseded
   or   updated   by  any  subsequently  filed  document   which   is
   incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement  or  by
   any document which constitutes part of the prospectus relating  to
   the   Ennis   Business  Forms,  Inc.  401(k)  Plan   meeting   the
   requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

   Item 4.     Description of Securities.
   --------------------------------------

     The  description of the Registrant's Common Stock  contained  in
   the  Registrant's  Registration Statement on  Form  S-1  filed  on
   October  5,  1960 .  The class of securities to be  offered  under
   this  Registration Statement is registered under Section 12(b)  of
   the Exchange Act.

   Item 5.     Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
   ---------------------------------------------------

     Not applicable.

   Item 6.     Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
   ------------------------------------------------------

   Article  2.02-1  of  the  Texas  Business  Corporation  Act  permits   a
corporation to indemnify certain persons, including officers and  directors
and  former officers and directors, and to purchase insurance with  respect
to  liability  arising  out of their capacity or  status  as  officers  and
directors.

   Article  Nine  of  the Registrant's Restated Articles  of  Incorporation
   provides as follows:

   "The Corporation may indemnify any person (and the heirs, executors  and
   administrators of such persons) who is, or was, a director,  officer  or
   former  director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or  any
   person  who  may  have  served at its request as  a  director,  officer,
   employee  or agent of another corporation, foreign or domestic,  or  any
   partnership,  proprietorship, trust, association or enterprise,  whether
   a  profit  or  non-profit business in which it owned shares  of  capital
   stock  or  other interest or of which it is a creditor, against expenses
   actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection with the  defense
   of  any  claim, action, suit or proceeding whether brought by or in  the
   right of the Corporation and whether civil, criminal, administrative  or
   investigative  in  nature,  or in connection with  any  appeal  relating
   thereto,  in which he is made a party or threatened to be made  a  party
   by  reason  of being or having been such director, officer, employee  or
   agent  except in relation to maters as to which he shall be adjudged  in
   such  action,  suit  or  proceeding  to  be  liable  for  negligence  or
   misconduct  in  the performance of duty, but such indemnification  shall
   not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which such person may  be
   entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or otherwise.

   The  Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance
   on  behalf of any such person, or any person who is a director, officer,
   employee  or  agent  of the Corporation, or is or  was  serving  at  the
   request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent  of
   another   corporation,  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust  or   other
   enterprise  against any liability asserted against him and  incurred  by
   him  in  any capacity arising out of


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   his  status  as  such  whether  or not the  Corporation  would  have the
   power to indemnify him against such liabilities under the provisions  of
   the  Texas  Business  Corporation Act."

   In  addition,  Article  IX  of  the  Registrant's  Bylaws,  as  amended,
   provides that the Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is  a
   party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending  or
   completed   action,  suit  or  proceeding,  whether   civil,   criminal,
   administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact  that  he  is  or
   was  serving  as a director or officer of the Registrant or  serving  as
   such  at  the  request  of the Registrant as a director  or  officer  of
   another  corporation  in which it owns shares of  capital  stock  or  of
   which  it is a creditor, against all expenses including attorneys' fees,
   judgments,  fines and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred  by
   him  in connection with such action, suit or proceeding; provided,  that
   he  acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be  in
   or  not opposed to the best interest of the Registrant and, with respect
   to  any  criminal  action  or proceeding, had  no  reasonable  cause  to
   believe his conduct was unlawful; and further provided that there  shall
   be  no  indemnification in respect of any claim, issue or matter  as  to
   which  such  person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence
   or  misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation  unless
   and  only  to the extent that a court in which such action or  suit  was
   brought  shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication
   of  liability  but in view of all the circumstances of  the  case,  such
   person  is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnify for such expenses
   which  such  court shall deem proper.  The termination  of  any  action,
   suit  or proceeding by settlement or its equivalent not amounting  to  a
   judgment  thereof  shall not, of itself, create a presumption  that  the
   person  did  not act in good faith and in a manner which  he  reasonably
   believed  to  be  in  or  not opposed to be the best  interests  of  the
   corporation,  and,  with respect to any criminal action  or  proceeding,
   had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

   Any  indemnification under the provisions hereof shall be  made  by  the
   corporation   only   as  authorized  in  the  specific   case   upon   a
   determination that indemnification of the director or officer is  proper
   in  the  circumstances  because he has met the  applicable  standard  of
   conduct  of  good  faith set forth above.  Such determination  shall  be
   made  (1) by the board of directors of Ennis Business Forms, Inc.  by  a
   majority  vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not  parties
   to  such  action,  suit or proceeding, or (2) if such a  quorum  is  not
   obtainable,  or  even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested  directors
   so  directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion,  or  (3)
   by the stockholders.

   In  addition to the power of indemnification set forth above, the  board
   of  directors is authorized, on behalf of the corporation,  to  purchase
   and  maintain  insurance  on  behalf of any  person  who  is  or  was  a
   director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is  or  was
   serving  at  the  request  of the corporation as  a  director,  officer,
   employee,  or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint  venture,
   trust  or  other enterprise against any liability asserted  against  him
   and  incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of  his  status
   as  such; and where such insurance has been purchased and maintained  by
   the  corporation  but  the  liability incurred  exceeds  the  applicable
   limits  of coverage thereof, the corporation may reimburse such  persons
   the   difference  between  the  liability  incurred  and  the  insurance
   proceeds  received; provided, that the indemnification provisions  above
   have been complied with.

   The   Registrant  has  purchased  directors'  and  officers'   liability
   insurance.   Subject to conditions, limitations and  exclusions  in  the
   policy, the insurance covers amounts required to be paid for a claim  or
   claims   made  against  directors  and  officers  for  any  act,  error,
   omission,  misstatement,  misleading statement  or  breach  of  duty  by
   directors  and officers in their capacity as directors and  officers  of
   the Registrant.

   Item 7.     Exemption from Registration Claimed.
   ------------------------------------------------

     None.


                                    3


   Item 8.     Exhibits.
   ---------------------

     The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference
as part of this Registration Statement:

   Exhibit No.                          Description
   -----------                          -----------

     4.1       Restated Articles  of Incorporation of  the Registrant
               as  amended  through  June  23,   1983  with  attached
               amendments dated June 20, 1985, July 31, 1985 and June
               16, 1988 (incorporated by  reference  to  Exhibit 5 to
               the  Registrant's Annual Report  on  Form 10-K for the
               fiscal year ended February 28, 1993).

     4.2       Bylaws of the Registrant as amended through October 8,
               1998  (incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to
               to  the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
               the quarter ended November 30, 1997).

     5.1       Opinion  of  Wolin, Ridley & Miller, L.L.P.  regarding
               the legality of the  shares being registered hereunder
               (filed herewith).

     23.1      Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith).

     23.2      Consent of Wolin, Ridley & Miller, L.L.P. (included in
               the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).

     24.1      Power  of  Attorney (set forth on the  signature  page
               of this Registration Statement).


     Item 9.  Undertakings.
     ----------------------

     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to submit the Ennis
     Business  Forms, Inc. 401(k) Plan and any amendment  thereto  to
     the  Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner and to make all
     changes required by the Internal Revenue Service to qualify such
     Plan.

          (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)   To  file, during any period in which offers of  sales
     are  being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
     Statement:

                   (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section
               10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

                   (ii)   To  reflect in the prospectus any facts  or
               events  arising  after  the  effective  date  of   the
               Registration  Statement  (or  the  most  recent  post-
               effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
               the  aggregate, represent a fundamental change in  the
               information set forth in the Registration Statement;

                  (iii)   To  include any material  information  with
               respect  to  the  plan of distribution not  previously
               disclosed  in  the  Registration  Statement   or   any
               material   change   to   such   information   in   the
               Registration Statement;

     Provided,  however, that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)  of
     this  section do not apply if the Registration Statement  is  on
     Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required  to
     be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
     contained  in  periodic reports filed with or furnished  to  the
     Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)  of
     the  Exchange  Act  that are incorporated by  reference  in  the
     Registration Statement.


                                    4


          (2)   That,  for  the purpose of determining any  liability
     under  the  Securities  Act, each such post-effective  amendment
     shall  be deemed to be a new registration statement relating  to
     the  securities  offered  therein,  and  the  offering  of  such
     securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial  bona
     fide offering thereof.

          (3)   To  remove  from registration by  means  of  a  post-
     effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
     remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

          (b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
     purposes of determining any liability under the Securities  Act,
     each  filing  of  the  Registrant's annual  report  pursuant  to
     Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,  where
     applicable,  each  filing of an employee benefit  plan's  annual
     report  pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)  that  is
     incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
     deemed  to  be  a  new Registration Statement  relating  to  the
     securities  offered therein, and the offering of such securities
     at  that  time  shall  be  deemed to be the  initial  bona  fide
     offering thereof.

                            * * *

          (h)   Insofar  as  indemnification for liabilities  arising
     under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
     and  controlling  persons  of  the Registrant  pursuant  to  the
     foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise, the  Registrant  has  been
     advised   that   in   the   opinion  of  the   Commission   such
     indemnification  is against public policy as  expressed  in  the
     Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In  the  event
     that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
     than  the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid
     by  a  director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
     in  the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
     asserted  by  such  director, officer or controlling  person  in
     connection  with the securities being registered, the Registrant
     will,  unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has  been
     settled   by  controlling  precedent,  submit  to  a  court   of
     appropriate    jurisdiction   the    question    whether    such
     indemnification by it is against public policy as  expressed  in
     the   Securities  Act  and  will  be  governed  by   the   final
     adjudication of such issue.


                                    5


                                SIGNATURES
                                ----------

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,  the
   Registrant  certifies that it has reasonable  grounds  to  believe
   that  it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8  and
   has  duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed  on  its
   behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the  City
   of DeSoto, the State of Texas, on this 28th day of August, 2000.


                                   ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC.


                                   By: /s/Keith S. Walters
                                      ---------------------------
                                      Keith S. Walters
                                      Chairman, President and CEO

     We,  the  undersigned directors and officers of  Ennis  Business
   Forms,  Inc., do hereby constitute and appoint Robert  M.  Halowec
   and  Harve  Cathey,  or  either  of  them,  our  true  and  lawful
   attorneys  and  agents, to do any and all acts and things  in  our
   name  and  on  our  behalf  in  our capacities  as  directors  and
   officers and to execute any and all instruments for us and in  our
   names in the capacities indicated below, which said attorneys  and
   agents,  or  either of them, may deem necessary  or  advisable  to
   enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act and  any
   rules,   regulations  and  requirements  of  the  Commission,   in
   connection    with   this   Registration   Statement,    including
   specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to  sign
   for  us  or  any  of  us in our names in the capacities  indicated
   below,   any   and   all   amendments  (including   post-effective
   amendments)  hereto and we do hereby ratify and confirm  all  that
   said  attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do  or  cause
   to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act,  this
   Registration  Statement and the foregoing Power of  Attorney  have
   been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on  the
   date(s) indicated:


   Signature                Capacity                   Date

   /s/Keith S. Walters      Chairman of the Board,     August 28, 2000
   -----------------------  CEO, President, and a
   Keith S. Walters         Director


   /s/Robert M. Halowec     Vice President - Finance   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------  and Chief Financial
   Robert M. Halowec        Officer


   /s/Harve Cathey          Secretary and Treasurer    August 28, 2000
   -----------------------  (Principal Accounting
   Harve Cathey             Officer)


   /s/Harold W. Hartley     Director                   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------
   Harold W. Hartley


   /s/James B. Gardner      Director                   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------
   James B. Gardner


   /s/Thomas R. Price       Director                   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------
   Thomas R. Price


                                     6


   /s/Robert L. Mitchell    Director                   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------
   Robert L. Mitchell


   /s/Kenneth G. Pritchett  Director                   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------
   Kenneth G. Pritchett


   /s/Joe R. Bouldin        Director                   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------
   Joe R. Bouldin


  Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
administrator of the Ennis Business Forms, Inc. 401(k) Plan has duly caused
this  registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto  duly authorized, in the City of DeSoto, the State of  Texas,  on
August 28, 2000.

                           Ennis Business Forms, Inc. 401(k) Plan


                           By:  /s/Ronald M. Graham
                                -------------------
                                Ronald M. Graham
                                Chairman


                                    7


                         EXHIBIT INDEX




   Exhibit             Description
   No.

   4.1       Restated  Articles of  Incorporation  of
             the  Registrant as amended through  June
             23,  1983 with attached amendments dated
             June  20,  1985, July 31, 1985 and  June
             16,  1988 (incorporated by reference  to
             Exhibit  5  to  the Registrant's  Annual
             Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal  year
             ended February 28, 1993).


   4.2       Bylaws  of  the  Registrant  as  amended
             through  October  8, 1998  (incorporated
             by  reference  to Exhibit 3(ii)  to  the
             Registrant's  Quarterly Report  on  Form
             10-Q for the quarter ended November  30,
             1997).


   5.1       Opinion   of  Wolin,  Ridley  &  Miller,
             L.L.P.  regarding the  legality  of  the
             shares    being   registered   hereunder
             (filed herewith).


   23.1      Consent of  KPMG LLP (filed herewith).


   23.2      Consent   of  Wolin,  Ridley  &  Miller,
             L.L.P.  (included in the  opinion  filed
             as Exhibit 5.1).


   24.1      Power  of  Attorney (set  forth  on  the
             signature   page  of  this  Registration
             Statement).
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59421_3/28650.00010

   As filed with the Securities And Exchange Commission on August 28, 2000.

                                                Registration No. 333-38100

                               UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                __________

                                 FORM S-8

          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                __________

                        ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC.
          ------------------------------------------------------
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Texas                                             75-0256410
-------------------------------                        -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                        Identification No.)

          1510 N. Hampton
          DeSoto, Texas                                  75115
----------------------------------------               ----------
(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)

                  ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC. 401(k) PLAN
                  --------------------------------------
                         (Full title of the plan)

                             Keith S. Walters
                        Chairman, CEO and President
                        Ennis Business Forms, Inc.
                              1510 N. Hampton
                           DeSoto, Texas  75115
                  ---------------------------------------
                  (Name and address of agent for service)

                              (972) 228-7801
       -------------------------------------------------------------
       (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                      CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                      -------------------------------

                               Proposed      Proposed
 Title of                      maximum       maximum
securities       Amount        offering      aggregate      Amount of
   to be          to be         price        offering     registration
registered     registered     per share       price           fee
----------     ----------     ---------      ---------    ------------

  Common        300,000       $8.375(2)     $2,512,500        $663
  Stock,       shares(1)
 $2.50 par
   value

     (1)  Pursuant  to  Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act  of  1933,  as
amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Ennis Business Forms,  Inc.
401(k) Plan.

     (2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the  registration
fee  pursuant  to Rule 457(h).  The fee is calculated on the basis  of  the
average  of  the  high  and low trading prices for the Registrant's  Common
Stock  on August 17, 2000, as reported the New York Stock Exchange Composite
Tape.

PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
------------------------------------------------------------

   Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
   ----------------------------------------------------

     The  following document filed by the Registrant or the Plan  with  the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission (the "Commission")  pursuant  to  the
Securities  Exchange  Act  of 1934, as amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  is
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

     The  Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
   ended February 29, 2000 (File No. 1-5807).

     All  documents  filed by the Registrant or  the  Plan  with  the
   Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of  the
   Exchange  Act  after the date of this Registration Statement,  but
   prior  to  the  filing  of  a  post-effective  amendment  to  this
   Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
   by this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters
   all  such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to  be
   incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.   Each
   document   incorporated  by  reference  into   this   Registration
   Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a part  of  this  Registration
   Statement  from  the  date of filing of  such  document  with  the
   Commission  until the information contained therein is  superseded
   or   updated   by  any  subsequently  filed  document   which   is
   incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement  or  by
   any document which constitutes part of the prospectus relating  to
   the   Ennis   Business  Forms,  Inc.  401(k)  Plan   meeting   the
   requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

   Item 4.     Description of Securities.
   --------------------------------------

     The  description of the Registrant's Common Stock  contained  in
   the  Registrant's  Registration Statement on  Form  S-1  filed  on
   October  5,  1960 .  The class of securities to be  offered  under
   this  Registration Statement is registered under Section 12(b)  of
   the Exchange Act.

   Item 5.     Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
   ---------------------------------------------------

     Not applicable.

   Item 6.     Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
   ------------------------------------------------------

   Article  2.02-1  of  the  Texas  Business  Corporation  Act  permits   a
corporation to indemnify certain persons, including officers and  directors
and  former officers and directors, and to purchase insurance with  respect
to  liability  arising  out of their capacity or  status  as  officers  and
directors.

   Article  Nine  of  the Registrant's Restated Articles  of  Incorporation
   provides as follows:

   "The Corporation may indemnify any person (and the heirs, executors  and
   administrators of such persons) who is, or was, a director,  officer  or
   former  director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or  any
   person  who  may  have  served at its request as  a  director,  officer,
   employee  or agent of another corporation, foreign or domestic,  or  any
   partnership,  proprietorship, trust, association or enterprise,  whether
   a  profit  or  non-profit business in which it owned shares  of  capital
   stock  or  other interest or of which it is a creditor, against expenses
   actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection with the  defense
   of  any  claim, action, suit or proceeding whether brought by or in  the
   right of the Corporation and whether civil, criminal, administrative  or
   investigative  in  nature,  or in connection with  any  appeal  relating
   thereto,  in which he is made a party or threatened to be made  a  party
   by  reason  of being or having been such director, officer, employee  or
   agent  except in relation to maters as to which he shall be adjudged  in
   such  action,  suit  or  proceeding  to  be  liable  for  negligence  or
   misconduct  in  the performance of duty, but such indemnification  shall
   not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which such person may  be
   entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or otherwise.

   The  Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance
   on  behalf of any such person, or any person who is a director, officer,
   employee  or  agent  of the Corporation, or is or  was  serving  at  the
   request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent  of
   another   corporation,  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust  or   other
   enterprise  against any liability asserted against him and  incurred  by
   him  in  any capacity arising out of

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   his  status  as  such  whether  or not the  Corporation  would  have the
   power to indemnify him against such liabilities under the provisions  of
   the  Texas  Business  Corporation Act."

   In  addition,  Article  IX  of  the  Registrant's  Bylaws,  as  amended,
   provides that the Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is  a
   party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending  or
   completed   action,  suit  or  proceeding,  whether   civil,   criminal,
   administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact  that  he  is  or
   was  serving  as a director or officer of the Registrant or  serving  as
   such  at  the  request  of the Registrant as a director  or  officer  of
   another  corporation  in which it owns shares of  capital  stock  or  of
   which  it is a creditor, against all expenses including attorneys' fees,
   judgments,  fines and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred  by
   him  in connection with such action, suit or proceeding; provided,  that
   he  acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be  in
   or  not opposed to the best interest of the Registrant and, with respect
   to  any  criminal  action  or proceeding, had  no  reasonable  cause  to
   believe his conduct was unlawful; and further provided that there  shall
   be  no  indemnification in respect of any claim, issue or matter  as  to
   which  such  person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence
   or  misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation  unless
   and  only  to the extent that a court in which such action or  suit  was
   brought  shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication
   of  liability  but in view of all the circumstances of  the  case,  such
   person  is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnify for such expenses
   which  such  court shall deem proper.  The termination  of  any  action,
   suit  or proceeding by settlement or its equivalent not amounting  to  a
   judgment  thereof  shall not, of itself, create a presumption  that  the
   person  did  not act in good faith and in a manner which  he  reasonably
   believed  to  be  in  or  not opposed to be the best  interests  of  the
   corporation,  and,  with respect to any criminal action  or  proceeding,
   had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

   Any  indemnification under the provisions hereof shall be  made  by  the
   corporation   only   as  authorized  in  the  specific   case   upon   a
   determination that indemnification of the director or officer is  proper
   in  the  circumstances  because he has met the  applicable  standard  of
   conduct  of  good  faith set forth above.  Such determination  shall  be
   made  (1) by the board of directors of Ennis Business Forms, Inc.  by  a
   majority  vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not  parties
   to  such  action,  suit or proceeding, or (2) if such a  quorum  is  not
   obtainable,  or  even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested  directors
   so  directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion,  or  (3)
   by the stockholders.

   In  addition to the power of indemnification set forth above, the  board
   of  directors is authorized, on behalf of the corporation,  to  purchase
   and  maintain  insurance  on  behalf of any  person  who  is  or  was  a
   director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is  or  was
   serving  at  the  request  of the corporation as  a  director,  officer,
   employee,  or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint  venture,
   trust  or  other enterprise against any liability asserted  against  him
   and  incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of  his  status
   as  such; and where such insurance has been purchased and maintained  by
   the  corporation  but  the  liability incurred  exceeds  the  applicable
   limits  of coverage thereof, the corporation may reimburse such  persons
   the   difference  between  the  liability  incurred  and  the  insurance
   proceeds  received; provided, that the indemnification provisions  above
   have been complied with.

   The   Registrant  has  purchased  directors'  and  officers'   liability
   insurance.   Subject to conditions, limitations and  exclusions  in  the
   policy, the insurance covers amounts required to be paid for a claim  or
   claims   made  against  directors  and  officers  for  any  act,  error,
   omission,  misstatement,  misleading statement  or  breach  of  duty  by
   directors  and officers in their capacity as directors and  officers  of
   the Registrant.

   Item 7.     Exemption from Registration Claimed.
   ------------------------------------------------

     None.

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   Item 8.     Exhibits.
   ---------------------

     The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference
as part of this Registration Statement:

   Exhibit No.                          Description
   -----------                          -----------

     4.1       Restated Articles  of Incorporation of  the Registrant
               as  amended  through  June  23,   1983  with  attached
               amendments dated June 20, 1985, July 31, 1985 and June
               16, 1988 (incorporated by  reference  to  Exhibit 5 to
               the  Registrant's Annual Report  on  Form 10-K for the
               fiscal year ended February 28, 1993).

     4.2       Bylaws of the Registrant as amended through October 8,
               1998  (incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to
               to  the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
               the quarter ended November 30, 1997).

     5.1       Opinion  of  Wolin, Ridley & Miller, L.L.P.  regarding
               the legality of the  shares being registered hereunder
               (filed herewith).

     23.1      Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith).

     23.2      Consent of Wolin, Ridley & Miller, L.L.P. (included in
               the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).

     24.1      Power  of  Attorney (set forth on the  signature  page
               of this Registration Statement).

     Item 9.  Undertakings.
     ----------------------

     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to submit the Ennis
     Business  Forms, Inc. 401(k) Plan and any amendment  thereto  to
     the  Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner and to make all
     changes required by the Internal Revenue Service to qualify such
     Plan.

          (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)   To  file, during any period in which offers of  sales
     are  being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
     Statement:

                   (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section
               10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

                   (ii)   To  reflect in the prospectus any facts  or
               events  arising  after  the  effective  date  of   the
               Registration  Statement  (or  the  most  recent  post-
               effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
               the  aggregate, represent a fundamental change in  the
               information set forth in the Registration Statement;

                  (iii)   To  include any material  information  with
               respect  to  the  plan of distribution not  previously
               disclosed  in  the  Registration  Statement   or   any
               material   change   to   such   information   in   the
               Registration Statement;

     Provided,  however, that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)  of
     this  section do not apply if the Registration Statement  is  on
     Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required  to
     be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
     contained  in  periodic reports filed with or furnished  to  the
     Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)  of
     the  Exchange  Act  that are incorporated by  reference  in  the
     Registration Statement.

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          (2)   That,  for  the purpose of determining any  liability
     under  the  Securities  Act, each such post-effective  amendment
     shall  be deemed to be a new registration statement relating  to
     the  securities  offered  therein,  and  the  offering  of  such
     securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial  bona
     fide offering thereof.

          (3)   To  remove  from registration by  means  of  a  post-
     effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
     remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

          (b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
     purposes of determining any liability under the Securities  Act,
     each  filing  of  the  Registrant's annual  report  pursuant  to
     Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,  where
     applicable,  each  filing of an employee benefit  plan's  annual
     report  pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)  that  is
     incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
     deemed  to  be  a  new Registration Statement  relating  to  the
     securities  offered therein, and the offering of such securities
     at  that  time  shall  be  deemed to be the  initial  bona  fide
     offering thereof.

                            * * *

          (h)   Insofar  as  indemnification for liabilities  arising
     under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
     and  controlling  persons  of  the Registrant  pursuant  to  the
     foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise, the  Registrant  has  been
     advised   that   in   the   opinion  of  the   Commission   such
     indemnification  is against public policy as  expressed  in  the
     Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In  the  event
     that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
     than  the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid
     by  a  director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
     in  the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
     asserted  by  such  director, officer or controlling  person  in
     connection  with the securities being registered, the Registrant
     will,  unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has  been
     settled   by  controlling  precedent,  submit  to  a  court   of
     appropriate    jurisdiction   the    question    whether    such
     indemnification by it is against public policy as  expressed  in
     the   Securities  Act  and  will  be  governed  by   the   final
     adjudication of such issue.

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                                SIGNATURES
                                ----------

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,  the
   Registrant  certifies that it has reasonable  grounds  to  believe
   that  it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8  and
   has  duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed  on  its
   behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the  City
   of DeSoto, the State of Texas, on this 28th day of August, 2000.

                                   ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC.

                                   By: /s/Keith S. Walters
                                      ---------------------------
                                      Keith S. Walters
                                      Chairman, President and CEO

     We,  the  undersigned directors and officers of  Ennis  Business
   Forms,  Inc., do hereby constitute and appoint Robert  M.  Halowec
   and  Harve  Cathey,  or  either  of  them,  our  true  and  lawful
   attorneys  and  agents, to do any and all acts and things  in  our
   name  and  on  our  behalf  in  our capacities  as  directors  and
   officers and to execute any and all instruments for us and in  our
   names in the capacities indicated below, which said attorneys  and
   agents,  or  either of them, may deem necessary  or  advisable  to
   enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act and  any
   rules,   regulations  and  requirements  of  the  Commission,   in
   connection    with   this   Registration   Statement,    including
   specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to  sign
   for  us  or  any  of  us in our names in the capacities  indicated
   below,   any   and   all   amendments  (including   post-effective
   amendments)  hereto and we do hereby ratify and confirm  all  that
   said  attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do  or  cause
   to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act,  this
   Registration  Statement and the foregoing Power of  Attorney  have
   been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on  the
   date(s) indicated:

   Signature                Capacity                   Date

   /s/Keith S. Walters      Chairman of the Board,     August 28, 2000
   -----------------------  CEO, President, and a
   Keith S. Walters         Director

   /s/Robert M. Halowec     Vice President - Finance   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------  and Chief Financial
   Robert M. Halowec        Officer

   /s/Harve Cathey          Secretary and Treasurer    August 28, 2000
   -----------------------  (Principal Accounting
   Harve Cathey             Officer)

   /s/Harold W. Hartley     Director                   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------
   Harold W. Hartley

   /s/James B. Gardner      Director                   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------
   James B. Gardner

   /s/Thomas R. Price       Director                   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------
   Thomas R. Price

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   /s/Robert L. Mitchell    Director                   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------
   Robert L. Mitchell

   /s/Kenneth G. Pritchett  Director                   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------
   Kenneth G. Pritchett

   /s/Joe R. Bouldin        Director                   August 28, 2000
   -----------------------
   Joe R. Bouldin

  Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
administrator of the Ennis Business Forms, Inc. 401(k) Plan has duly caused
this  registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto  duly authorized, in the City of DeSoto, the State of  Texas,  on
August 28, 2000.

                           Ennis Business Forms, Inc. 401(k) Plan

                           By:  /s/Ronald M. Graham
                                -------------------
                                Ronald M. Graham
                                Chairman

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                         EXHIBIT INDEX

   Exhibit             Description
   No.

   4.1       Restated  Articles of  Incorporation  of
             the  Registrant as amended through  June
             23,  1983 with attached amendments dated
             June  20,  1985, July 31, 1985 and  June
             16,  1988 (incorporated by reference  to
             Exhibit  5  to  the Registrant's  Annual
             Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal  year
             ended February 28, 1993).

   4.2       Bylaws  of  the  Registrant  as  amended
             through  October  8, 1998  (incorporated
             by  reference  to Exhibit 3(ii)  to  the
             Registrant's  Quarterly Report  on  Form
             10-Q for the quarter ended November  30,
             1997).

   5.1       Opinion   of  Wolin,  Ridley  &  Miller,
             L.L.P.  regarding the  legality  of  the
             shares    being   registered   hereunder
             (filed herewith).

   23.1      Consent of  KPMG LLP (filed herewith).

   23.2      Consent   of  Wolin,  Ridley  &  Miller,
             L.L.P.  (included in the  opinion  filed
             as Exhibit 5.1).

   24.1      Power  of  Attorney (set  forth  on  the
             signature   page  of  this  Registration
             Statement).