Exhibit 99.1

                           (Ennis Logo)
                           Press Release

    2441 Presidential Parkway (bullet) Midlothian, Texas 76065
  (bullet) Phone 972.775.9801 (bullet) Fax 800.579.4271 (bullet)
                           www.ennis.com


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
                                     CONTACT:  Keith S. Walters,
                                     Chairman, President & CEO
                                     (800) 752-5386

Midlothian, Texas, June 17, 2005



   ENNIS ANNOUNCES PLANNED RETIREMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER


      Midlothian,  Texas   --  Ennis, Inc. ("Ennis")  (NYSE:  EBF)
today  announced  that its Vice President-Finance  and  Secretary,
Harve  Cathey,  has made known his plans to retire in  the  coming
months.   Cathey, who has served as the Company's Chief  Financial
Officer  for over 15 years, did not set a definitive date for  his
departure,  and has agreed to stay on through a transition  period
while a search is undertaken to identify his successor.

     Ennis,  Inc. (www.ennis.com) (formerly Ennis Business  Forms,
Inc.)  is  primarily  engaged in the production  of  and  sale  of
business  forms, apparel and other business products. The  Company
is  one  of  the  largest private-label printed  business  product
suppliers  in  the  United  States. Headquartered  in  Midlothian,
Texas,  the  Company has 41 production and distribution facilities
located  throughout  16  states, Mexico and Canada,  strategically
located  to  serve the Company's national network of distributors.
The  Company,  together  with its subsidiaries,  operates  in  two
business segments: the Printing Segment and Apparel Segment. There
are  three groups within the Printing Segment: the Forms Solutions
Group, Promotional Solutions Group, and Financial Solutions Group.
The  Apparel  Segment consists entirely of the  Apparel  Solutions
Group.  The  Forms  Solutions Group is primarily  engaged  in  the
business  of  manufacturing and selling business forms  and  other
printed  business  products. The Promotional  Solutions  Group  is
primarily  engaged  in  the  business of  design,  production  and
distribution   of  printed  and  electronic  media,   presentation
products, flexographic printing, advertising specialties and Post-
it  (registered  trademark) Notes. The Financial  Solutions  Group
designs, manufactures and markets printed forms and specializes in
internal  bank forms, secure and negotiable documents  and  custom
products.  The Apparel Solutions Group manufactures  T-Shirts  and
distributes  T-Shirts  and other activewear  apparel  through  six
distribution centers located throughout North America.