EXHIBIT 3.1

                           Consolidated Graphics, Inc.
                       Amendment to By-Laws of the Company
                               September 17, 1998

Pursuant to a Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors of
Consolidated Graphics, Inc. dated September 17, 1998, it was resolved that
Article II, Section 16, subsection (m) of the By-Laws of the Company be amended
to provide that the maximum value of shares that may be issued by the Executive
Committee of the Board of Directors as consideration for the acquisition of
individual printing companies be increased from $25,000,000 to $75,000,000, such
that subsection (m) of Article II, Section 16 shall read as follows:

      (m) Issuance of Stock. The executive committee shall have and may exercise
     the authority of the Board of Directors with respect to the issuance of
     shares of the Company, provided, however, that the executive committee
     shall have such authority only with respect to authorized shares of the
     common stock of the Company and provided further that the executive
     committee may only issue or cause to be issued such shares as consideration
     for the acquisitions of printing companies that have been approved pursuant
     to authority delegated to the executive committee by the Board of Directors
     and provided further that the executive committee may in no circumstances
     issue or cause to be issued any such shares in any individual acquisition
     in which the aggregate consideration, whether consisting of debt
     assumption, the payment of cash, the issuance of notes or equity securities
     or any combination of the foregoing, exceeds $75,000,000.