EXHIBIT 99

                                 FOR:   Consolidated Graphics, Inc.

                         APPROVED BY:   Ronald E. Hale, Jr.
                                        Vice President & Treasurer
                                        (713) 529-4200

                             CONTACT:   Betsy Brod/Nancy Healy
                                        Media: Stan Froelich
                                        Morgen-Walke Associates, Inc.
                                        (212) 850-5600

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

              CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF
              THE AUSTIN PRINTING COMPANY, INC. ACQUISITION

      HOUSTON, TEXAS -- September 12, 1997 -- Consolidated Graphics, Inc.
(NYSE/CGX) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Austin
Printing Company, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed.

      Austin Printing Company is a high-quality sheet-fed commercial printer
serving many of Atlanta's leading companies. The company, founded in 1967 by
Charles Austin, will continue to be led by Mike Strickland, President, with Mr.
Austin remaining as Chairman.

      Commenting on the announcement, Joe R. Davis, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Consolidated Graphics, said, "Austin Printing in Atlanta is an
excellent entry into a very important U.S. printing market and continues our
nationwide expansion. Austin Printing, together with the seven other printing
companies joining Consolidated Graphics this year, is further evidence of our
strong acquisition momentum."

      With the completion of the Austin Printing transaction and the Company's
other pending announced acquisitions, Consolidated Graphics will have 26


companies nationwide with annualized revenues in excess of $250 million.

      Consolidated Graphics, Inc. is recognized as the fastest growing printing
company in the United States. A consolidator in a highly fragmented industry,
the Company adds value to its acquisitions through managerial and operational
expertise, financial strength and economies of scale.



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