EXHIBIT 23.8
 
                       CONSENT TO BE NAMED AS A DIRECTOR
 
    I hereby consent to be named as a person who will become a director of
Workflow Graphics, Inc. (the "Company") in the registration statement on Form
S-1 to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission
relating to the distribution by U.S. Office Products Company, the sole
shareholder of the Company, of shares of common stock, par value $.001, of the
Company.
 

                                            
Dated: February 13, 1998                       /s/ Gus J. James, II
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                                               Gus J. James, II