SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    Form 8-K

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               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 30, 1996


                        CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



           Virginia                      0-12954                54-1274108
(State or other jurisdiction of        (Commission          (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)        File Number)       Identification Number)



6620 West Broad Street, Suite 240, Richmond, Virginia             23230
     (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code        (804) 287-5680
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Item 5.       Other Events.

On September 30, 1996, Cadmus Communications  Corporation (the "Company") issued
the press release  attached hereto as Exhibit 99 with respect to the sale of all
the outstanding capital stock of Tuff Stuff Publications, Inc.
which constituted its Consumer Publishing division.





Item 7.       Exhibits.

         Exhibit 99                 Press Release







                                   Signatures

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 on October 3, 1996.


                                            CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION


                                      By:     /s/ C.Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.
                                              C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr.
                                              Chairman, President, and 
                                              Chief Executive Officer









                                  Exhibit Index


         Exhibit


99       Press Release