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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT     
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

      DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): SEPTEMBER 12, 1997

                           CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

         TEXAS                         0-24068               76-0190827
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION   (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)   (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
      OF INCORPORATION)                                   IDENTIFICATION NO.)

                            2210 WEST DALLAS STREET
                              HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019
             (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES AND ZIP CODE)
       REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (713) 529-4200
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

      On September 12, 1997, Consolidated Graphics, Inc. (the "Company")
announced that it has completed the acquisition of Austin Printing Company, Inc.
of Atlanta, Georgia. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit
99. 

      The attached press release may contain forward looking information.
Readers are cautioned that such information involves risks and uncertainties,
including the possibility that events may occur which preclude completion of
pending or future acquisitions by the Company.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (A)  EXHIBIT

     The following exhibit is filed herewith:

        99  Press release of Consolidated Graphics, Inc. dated September 12,
            1997, with respect to the Company's announcement that it has
            completed the acquisition of Austin Printing Company, Inc. of
            Atlanta, Georgia.

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                                   SIGNATURE


     PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, THE
REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED HEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.

                                               CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
                                                       (Registrant)
                                          By:  /s/ G. CHRISTOPHER COLVILLE
                                                   G. CHRISTOPHER COLVILLE
                                                VICE PRESIDENT -- MERGERS AND
                                                       ACQUISITIONS
                                               CHIEF FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING
                                                         OFFICER

Date:  September 15, 1997
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