Exhibit 10.26

                                FIRST AMENDMENT
                                      TO
                 CADMUS SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
                     (As Restated Effective July 1, 1992)
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    Pursuant to due corporate action, Cadmus Communications Corporations, as the
Plan Sponsor of the Cadmus Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (As Restated
Effective July 1, 1992) (the "Plan"), hereby amends the Plan, effective March 1,
1999:

1.  The following new paragraph 8.10 is added to the Plan:

    8.10   Cashout of Accrued Benefits.  Notwithstanding the usual time and form
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of payment of Accrued Benefits provided in subparagraphs 8.1 and 8.2, the
actuarial value of the Accrued Benefit of John Mullis shall be paid in a lump
sum in cash as soon as practical after the sale of the financial printing assets
of Washburn Graphics, Inc. to R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company in March, 1999 and
the termination of Mullis' employment with the Employer as a result of such
sale.  Actuarial value for this purposes shall be determined on the basis of the
discount rate (which is 7.25%) and any other applicable factors used to
determine accumulated benefit obligations and net pension cost with respect to
the Plan in the Plan Sponsor's audited financial statements for its fiscal year
ended June 30, 1998.


    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Plan Sponsor of the Plan has caused its name to be
signed and its seal to be affixed hereunto as of the      day of June, 1999.


                                         CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION,
                                          Plan Sponsor


                                         By_____________________________________

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Attest:

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