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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): AUGUST 12, 1998

                           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.)

                           5858 WESTHEIMER, SUITE 200
                              HOUSTON, TEXAS 77057
              (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES AND ZIP CODE)
       REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (713) 787-0977
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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS     

      On August 12, 1998, Consolidated Graphics, Inc. (the "Company") announced
the signing of a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire Metropolitan Printing
Service, Inc. of Bloomington, Indiana. 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)  EXHIBITS

     The following exhibit is filed herewith:


      99  Press release of Consolidated Graphics, Inc. dated August 12, 1998,
          related to the announcement of the signing of a nonbinding letter of
          intent to acquire Metropolitan Printing Service, Inc. of Bloomington,
          Indiana.

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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/ Randall D. Keys 
                                              Randall D. Keys 
                                              Vice President - Finance
                                               Chief Financial Officer


Date: August 17, 1998

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