EXHIBIT     23.1 
 

                    Consent of Independent Public Accountants


As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of
our report included in this Form 11-K into the previously filed Banta
Corporation S-8 Registration Statement (No. 33-54576) for the Banta
Corporation Incentive Savings Plan.




       ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
June 27, 1994.