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) October 14, 1999
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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 October 14, 1999,  Cadmus  Communications  Corporation (the "Company") issued
the press  release  attached  hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to announce  organizational
changes  and  a  restructuring  plan  intended  to  effect  additional,  planned
synergies in  connection  with its April 1999  acquisition  of the Mack Printing
Group and to focus the Company's  resources on the  professional  communications
and  specialty  packaging  markets.  C.  Stephenson  Gillispie,  Jr.,  chairman,
president  and chief  executive  officer  and Bruce V.  Thomas,  executive  vice
president and chief operating officer, 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) the
effective integration of recent acquisitions, (2) continuing competitive pricing
in the  markets  in  which  the  Company  competes,  (3)  the  gain  or  loss of
significant customers or the decrease in demand from existing customers, (4) the
ability of the  Company to continue to obtain  improved  efficiencies  and lower
overall  production  costs, (5) changes in the Company's  product sales mix, (6)
the  performance of new  management and leadership  teams in the Company and its
divisions, (7) the impact of industry consolidation among key customers, (8) the
ability of the Company to operate  profitably and effectively with higher levels
of  indebtedness,  and (9) the ability to retain key  employees  and managers in
light of lower-than-planned incentives and benefits.


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 October 15, 1999.


                                  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