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) July 31, 1997
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                        CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



           Virginia                      0-12954               54-1274108
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(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
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     (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 July 31, 1997, Cadmus  Communications  Corporation (the "Company") issued the
press  release  attached  hereto as Exhibit 99.1 with  respect to first  quarter
financial  results and David E.  Bosher,  Vice  President  and  Treasurer of the
Company  read  the  prepared  remarks  attached  hereto  as  Exhibit  99.2  on a
conference call with analysts,  shareholders,  prospective investors,  and other
interested  parties.  Information in these documents  relating to Cadmus' future
prospects and  performance are  "forward-looking  statements," as defined by the
Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and, as such, are subject to
certain  risks and  uncertainties  that  could  cause  actual  results to differ
materially.  Potential risks and  uncertainties  include but are not limited to:
(1) continuing competitive pricing in the markets in which the Company competes,
(2) the gain or loss of  significant  customers  or the  decrease in demand from
existing  customers,   (3)  the  timing  of  significant  orders  received  from
customers,  (4) a successful relocation of the Company's Charlotte manufacturing
facilities,  (5) seasonal changes in the demand for the Company's products,  (6)
continued  success in the  implementation of the restructuring and re-alignment,
and (7) changes in the Company's product sales mix.





Item 7.       Exhibits.

         Exhibit 99.1               Press Release
         Exhibit 99.2               Prepared Remarks from Conference Call






                                   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 July 31, 1997.


                       CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION


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










                                  Exhibit Index


         Exhibit


99.1     Press Release
99.2     Prepared Remarks from Conference Call