As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 1998
                                                      Registration No. 333-

                   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.)
                        
                                                
        107 North Sherman                                 75119
          Ennis, Texas                                  (Zip Code)
  (Address of Executive Offices)


       Ennis Business Forms, Inc. 1998 Option and Restricted Stock Plan
                          (Full Title of the Plan)

                                Nelson Ward
     President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
                        Ennis Business Forms, Inc.
                            107 North Sherman
                            Ennis, Texas 75119
                             (972) 872-3100
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                                  

                              With Copies To:

                         Russell F. Coleman, Esq.
                        Locke Purnell Rain Harrell
                       (A Professional Corporation)
                       2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200
                        Dallas, Texas   75201-6776

                     CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
            
                                      Proposed       Proposed          
    Title Of                          Maximum        Maximum    
   Securities          Amount         Offering       Aggregate      Amount of
     To Be             To Be          Price Per      Offering     Registration
   Registered        Registered       Share (1)      Price (1)         Fee
                                
 Common Stock,     820,000 shares    $11.78125      $9,660,625       $2,850
$2.50 Par Value             

(1) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, based
on the average of the high and low prices reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on July 9, 1998.
 
   In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Registration Statement also covers shares of Common Stock
of the Company issuable to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.


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                                  PART I
         INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

      The information specified by Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form  S-8
is  omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule  428
under  the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),  and
the introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8.


                               PART II
           INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

      The  documents set forth below are incorporated by reference in  this
Registration Statement.  All documents subsequently filed by Ennis Business
Forms, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of  the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange  Act"),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that  all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities  then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of  filing  of
such  documents.   Any  statement contained in a document  incorporated  or
deemed  to  be  incorporated by reference herein  shall  be  deemed  to  be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement  to  the
extent  a  statement  contained herein or in any other  subsequently  filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference  herein
modifies  or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified  or
superseded  shall  not be deemed, except as so modified or  superseded,  to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

          (1)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
          ended February 28, 1998; and

          (2)   All  other reports filed with the Securities  and  Exchange
          Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
          since  the  end  of the fiscal year covered by the Annual  Report
          referred to in (1) above.


Item 4.  Description of Securities.

     Not Applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not Applicable.

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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 Company'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  matters 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  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 Company's  Bylaws,  as  amended,
     provides that the Company 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 Company
     or serving as such at the request of the Company 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  interests  of the Company and,  with  respect  to  any


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     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 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.

     Expenses  incurred in defending a civil or criminal action,  suit
     or  proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance  of  the
     final   disposition  of  such  action,  suit  or  proceeding   as
     authorized by the board of directors, in the specific  case  upon
     receipt  of  an  undertaking by or on  behalf  of  the  director,
     officer,  employee or agent to repay such amount unless it  shall
     ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by
     the  corporation  as authorized in Article IX  of  the  Company's
     Bylaws.

     The  indemnification provided for in Article IX of the  Company's
     Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which
     those  indemnified may be entitled, under any by-law,  agreement,
     vote of shareholders, or otherwise.

     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


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     received;    provided,  that  the indemnification provisions above
     have been complied with. 

       The   Company  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 Company.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

          5.1   Opinion  of  Locke  Purnell Rain  Harrell  (A  Professional
          Corporation).

          23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

          23.2  Consent  of  Locke  Purnell Rain  Harrell  (A  Professional
          Corporation) (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).

          24.1  Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of  this
          Registration Statement).

          99.1  Ennis Business Forms, Inc. 1998 Option and Restricted Stock
          Plan.


Item 9.  Undertakings.

     The Company hereby undertakes:

     (1)  To file,  during  any period  in which  offers or 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  this Registration  Statement
               (or  the  most   recent    post-effective  amendment  therof)
               which,   individually   or   in  the  aggregate,  represent a
               fundamental  change  in  the  information set forth  in  this
               Registration  Statement.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
               increase or  decrease in  volume  of  securities  offered (if
               the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
               that  which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
               high   end  of  the estimated maximum offering range  may  be
               reflected  in  the   form  of  prospectus  filed   with   the
               Commission pursuant  to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
               changes  in  volume and price  represent no more than  a  20%


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               change in  the maximum aggregate offering price set forth  in
               the  "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
               registration statement;
            
        (iii)  To include any material information  with respect to the plan
               of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
               Statement or any material  change to such information in this
               Registration Statement;

          provided,   however,  that  paragraphs  (1)(i) and (1)(ii)  do not
          apply  if  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 Company
          pursuant to Section 13 or  Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act  that
          are incorporated by reference  in this Registration Statement.

     (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.

     (4)  That,   for purposes of    determining   any  liability under  the
          Securities  Act,  each  filing  of the   Company'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 this 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.

     (5)  Insofar  as   indemnification for   liabilities  arising under the
          Securities  Act  may  be  permitted to  directors,   officers  and
          controlling  persons  of the Company pursuant  to   the  foregoing
          provisions,  or otherwise, the Company has been  advised  that  in
          the  opinion  of  the  Securities and  Exchange   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 Company of expenses  incurred or paid by a
          director,  officer or controlling person of  the  Company  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 Company 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

   The  Registrant.  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  Ennis,  State  of
Texas, on this 10th day of July, 1998.

                            ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC.


                             By:   /s/ Keith S. Walters
                                Keith S. Walters, Chairman of the Board and
                                 Chief Executive Officer


                       POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW  ALL  MEN  AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each  person  whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Nelson Ward
and Ron Graham, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and  in
his  name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and  all
amendments  (including  post-effective  amendments)  to  this  Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and  all  other
documents  in  connection  therewith,  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission,  granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and  each  of
them,  full  power and authority to do and perform each and every  act  and
thing requisite and necessary to be done on and about the premises as fully
and  to  all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.


      Pursuant  to  the requirements of the Securities Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed by the following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.


     Signatures                   Title                 Date
                                            
    /s/ Keith S. Walters     Chairman of the       July 10, 1998
    Keith S. Walters         Board, Chief
                             Executive Officer
                             and Director
                             (Principal
                             Executive Officer)
                                            
    /s/ Nelson Ward          President, Chief      July 10, 1998
    Nelson Ward              Operating Officer,
                             Chief Financial
                             Officer and
                             Director
                             (Principal
                             Financial and
                             Accounting
                             Officer)

    /s/ Ron Graham           Vice President -      July 10, 1998
    Ron Graham               Human Resources
                                            

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    /s/ Dave Erickson        Vice President -      July 10, 1998
    Dave Erickson            Dealer Relations
                                            
    /s/ James B. Gardner     Director              July 10, 1998
    James B. Gardner
                                            
                             Director            
    Harold W. Hartley
                                            
    /s/ Robert L. Mitchell   Director              July 10, 1998
    Robert L. Mitchell
                                            
    /s/ Thomas R. Price      Director              July 10, 1998
    Thomas R. Price
                                            
                             Director            
    Pat G. Sorrells
                                            
                             Director            
    Ewell L.Tankersley
     
                                            
                             Director            
    James C. Taylor



                                 -8-

          

                       INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit                          Exhibit                                   
Number

5.1     Opinion of Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (A Professional
        Corporation).
23.1    Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
23.2    Consent of Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (A Professional
        Corporation) (included in opinion filed as Exhibit
        5.1).
24.1    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of
        this Registration Statement).
99.1    Ennis Business Forms, Inc. 1998 Option and Restricted
        Stock Plan.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 1998
                                                      Registration No. 333-

                   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.)
                        
                                                
        107 North Sherman                                 75119
          Ennis, Texas                                  (Zip Code)
  (Address of Executive Offices)

       Ennis Business Forms, Inc. 1998 Option and Restricted Stock Plan
                          (Full Title of the Plan)

                                Nelson Ward
     President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
                        Ennis Business Forms, Inc.
                            107 North Sherman
                            Ennis, Texas 75119
                             (972) 872-3100
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                                  

                              With Copies To:

                         Russell F. Coleman, Esq.
                        Locke Purnell Rain Harrell
                       (A Professional Corporation)
                       2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200
                        Dallas, Texas   75201-6776

                     CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
            
                                      Proposed       Proposed          
    Title Of                          Maximum        Maximum    
   Securities          Amount         Offering       Aggregate      Amount of
     To Be             To Be          Price Per      Offering     Registration
   Registered        Registered       Share (1)      Price (1)         Fee
                                
 Common Stock,     820,000 shares    $11.78125      $9,660,625       $2,850
$2.50 Par Value             

(1) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, based
on the average of the high and low prices reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on July 9, 1998.
 
   In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Registration Statement also covers shares of Common Stock
of the Company issuable to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.

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                                  PART I
         INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

      The information specified by Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form  S-8
is  omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule  428
under  the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),  and
the introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8.

                               PART II
           INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

      The  documents set forth below are incorporated by reference in  this
Registration Statement.  All documents subsequently filed by Ennis Business
Forms, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of  the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange  Act"),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that  all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities  then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of  filing  of
such  documents.   Any  statement contained in a document  incorporated  or
deemed  to  be  incorporated by reference herein  shall  be  deemed  to  be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement  to  the
extent  a  statement  contained herein or in any other  subsequently  filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference  herein
modifies  or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified  or
superseded  shall  not be deemed, except as so modified or  superseded,  to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

          (1)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
          ended February 28, 1998; and

          (2)   All  other reports filed with the Securities  and  Exchange
          Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
          since  the  end  of the fiscal year covered by the Annual  Report
          referred to in (1) above.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

     Not Applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not Applicable.

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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 Company'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  matters 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  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 Company's  Bylaws,  as  amended,
     provides that the Company 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 Company
     or serving as such at the request of the Company 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  interests  of the Company and,  with  respect  to  any

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     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 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.

     Expenses  incurred in defending a civil or criminal action,  suit
     or  proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance  of  the
     final   disposition  of  such  action,  suit  or  proceeding   as
     authorized by the board of directors, in the specific  case  upon
     receipt  of  an  undertaking by or on  behalf  of  the  director,
     officer,  employee or agent to repay such amount unless it  shall
     ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by
     the  corporation  as authorized in Article IX  of  the  Company's
     Bylaws.

     The  indemnification provided for in Article IX of the  Company's
     Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which
     those  indemnified may be entitled, under any by-law,  agreement,
     vote of shareholders, or otherwise.

     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

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     received;    provided,  that  the indemnification provisions above
     have been complied with. 

       The   Company  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 Company.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

          5.1   Opinion  of  Locke  Purnell Rain  Harrell  (A  Professional
          Corporation).

          23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

          23.2  Consent  of  Locke  Purnell Rain  Harrell  (A  Professional
          Corporation) (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).

          24.1  Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of  this
          Registration Statement).

          99.1  Ennis Business Forms, Inc. 1998 Option and Restricted Stock
          Plan.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

     The Company hereby undertakes:

     (1)  To file,  during  any period  in which  offers or 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  this Registration  Statement
               (or  the  most   recent    post-effective  amendment  therof)
               which,   individually   or   in  the  aggregate,  represent a
               fundamental  change  in  the  information set forth  in  this
               Registration  Statement.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
               increase or  decrease in  volume  of  securities  offered (if
               the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
               that  which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
               high   end  of  the estimated maximum offering range  may  be
               reflected  in  the   form  of  prospectus  filed   with   the
               Commission pursuant  to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
               changes  in  volume and price  represent no more than  a  20%

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               change in  the maximum aggregate offering price set forth  in
               the  "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
               registration statement;
            
        (iii)  To include any material information  with respect to the plan
               of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
               Statement or any material  change to such information in this
               Registration Statement;

          provided,   however,  that  paragraphs  (1)(i) and (1)(ii)  do not
          apply  if  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 Company
          pursuant to Section 13 or  Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act  that
          are incorporated by reference  in this Registration Statement.

     (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.

     (4)  That,   for purposes of    determining   any  liability under  the
          Securities  Act,  each  filing  of the   Company'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 this 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.

     (5)  Insofar  as   indemnification for   liabilities  arising under the
          Securities  Act  may  be  permitted to  directors,   officers  and
          controlling  persons  of the Company pursuant  to   the  foregoing
          provisions,  or otherwise, the Company has been  advised  that  in
          the  opinion  of  the  Securities and  Exchange   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 Company of expenses  incurred or paid by a
          director,  officer or controlling person of  the  Company  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 Company 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

   The  Registrant.  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  Ennis,  State  of
Texas, on this 10th day of July, 1998.

                            ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS, INC.

                             By:   /s/ Keith S. Walters
                                Keith S. Walters, Chairman of the Board and
                                 Chief Executive Officer

                       POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW  ALL  MEN  AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each  person  whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Nelson Ward
and Ron Graham, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and  in
his  name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and  all
amendments  (including  post-effective  amendments)  to  this  Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and  all  other
documents  in  connection  therewith,  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission,  granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and  each  of
them,  full  power and authority to do and perform each and every  act  and
thing requisite and necessary to be done on and about the premises as fully
and  to  all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

      Pursuant  to  the requirements of the Securities Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed by the following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

     Signatures                   Title                 Date
                                            
    /s/ Keith S. Walters     Chairman of the       July 10, 1998
    Keith S. Walters         Board, Chief
                             Executive Officer
                             and Director
                             (Principal
                             Executive Officer)
                                            
    /s/ Nelson Ward          President, Chief      July 10, 1998
    Nelson Ward              Operating Officer,
                             Chief Financial
                             Officer and
                             Director
                             (Principal
                             Financial and
                             Accounting
                             Officer)

    /s/ Ron Graham           Vice President -      July 10, 1998
    Ron Graham               Human Resources
                                            

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    /s/ Dave Erickson        Vice President -      July 10, 1998
    Dave Erickson            Dealer Relations
                                            
    /s/ James B. Gardner     Director              July 10, 1998
    James B. Gardner
                                            
                             Director            
    Harold W. Hartley
                                            
    /s/ Robert L. Mitchell   Director              July 10, 1998
    Robert L. Mitchell
                                            
    /s/ Thomas R. Price      Director              July 10, 1998
    Thomas R. Price
                                            
                             Director            
    Pat G. Sorrells
                                            
                             Director            
    Ewell L.Tankersley
     
                                            
                             Director            
    James C. Taylor

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                       INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit                          Exhibit                                   
Number

5.1     Opinion of Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (A Professional
        Corporation).
23.1    Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
23.2    Consent of Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (A Professional
        Corporation) (included in opinion filed as Exhibit
        5.1).
24.1    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of
        this Registration Statement).
99.1    Ennis Business Forms, Inc. 1998 Option and Restricted
        Stock Plan.