Exhibit 99.1

                          Press Release

   2441 Presidential Parkway  Midlothian, Texas 76065
  Phone 972.775.9801  Fax 800.579.4271 
                          www.ennis.com


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
                                     CONTACT:  Keith S. Walters,
                                     Chairman President & CEO
                                     (800) 752-5386

Midlothian, Texas, November 1, 2004



         ENNIS, INC. ACQUIRES ROYAL BUSINESS FORMS, INC.
           Purchase of Royal for $3.7 Million in Stock


     Midlothian, Texas  --  Ennis, Inc. (formerly Ennis  Business
Forms,  Inc.)  (NYSE:  EBF) a manufacturer  of  printed  business
products headquartered in Midlothian, Texas has acquired 100%  of
the  stock  of Royal Business Forms, Inc., ("Royal") a  privately
held  company headquartered in Arlington, Texas for $3.7  million
in  Ennis stock. The stock value used to determine the number  of
shares  issued to equal the $3.7 million valuation is based  upon
the  average  trading price of Ennis stock over a 30-day  trading
period ending last week. There is no debt on the balance sheet of
Royal other than trade payables and accrued expenses.  Royal  has
been  in  existence and operating in Arlington, Texas since  1959
and  has customers throughout the United States.  The acquisition
of  Royal continues the Ennis strategy of growth through  related
manufactured  products  for  our  existing  customer  base.   The
acquisition  will  add additional short-run  print  products  and
solutions and financial documents sold through the indirect sales
(distributorship) marketplace. Due to the low  number  of  shares
issued  (approximately  178,000 shares)  compared  to  the  total
outstanding  shares  and due the amount of  the  purchase  price,
there were no regulatory or Ennis shareholder approvals necessary
to consummate this transaction.

   The   transaction  is  expected  to  be  accretive  to  Ennis'
earnings in the first full year of operations. Royal had sales of
approximately  $12.0 million as of September 30, 2004,  its  most
recent  fiscal year end.  Mr. Alf Bumgardner, President, CEO  and
founder of Royal will stay on as the General Manager of Royal.

   Keith  Walters,  Chairman, President and CEO of  Ennis,  said,
"Today's  announcement is another positive step  forward  in  the
continued  growth  and consolidation of the forms  business  into
Ennis.  The  transaction  will add to the  growth  in  the  forms
business that has placed Ennis among the top players in the forms
and  printed  products arena and continue  to  serve  our  40,000
independent  distributors and printers who comprise  the  largest
share  of  the forms marketplace. We are delighted  to  have  Alf
Bumgardner  stay on to manage this business and we are  delighted
that  Alf chose to associate his business with Ennis and exchange
his  shares for Ennis shares in the transaction. It is great news
for our customers, our employees and our shareholders."



About Ennis
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     Ennis,  Inc. (www.ennis.com) (formerly Ennis Business Forms,
Inc.)  is  primarily engaged in the production  of  and  sale  of
business forms and other business products. The Company is one of
the  largest private-label printed business product suppliers  in
the  United  States.  Headquartered  in  Midlothian,  Texas,  the
Company  has  36  production facilities  located  in  16  states,
strategically located to serve the Company's national network  of
distributors.   The  Company,  together  with  its  subsidiaries,
operates  in three business segments: the Forms Solutions  Group,
the  Promotional  Solutions  Group and  the  Financial  Solutions
Group.  The  Forms Solutions Group is primarily  engaged  in  the
business  of manufacturing and selling business forms  and  other
printed  business  products. The Promotional Solutions  Group  is
primarily  engaged  in  the business of  design,  production  and
distribution   of  printed  and  electronic  media,  presentation
products,  flexographic  printing,  advertising  specialties  and
Post-it  (registered  trademark)  Notes.  The Financial Solutions
Group  designs,  manufactures  and  markets  printed   forms  and
specializes  in  internal  bank  forms,  secure   and  negotiable
documents and custom products.


This  news release contains statements relating to future results
of  the  acquired  company  including  statements  (i)  that  the
transaction will be accretive to the combined company's  earnings
in  the  first  year  of  operations,  excluding  the  impact  of
transaction-related charges, (ii) that the sales are  anticipated
to  be  $12.0  million,  as well as other anticipated,  believed,
planned, forecasted, expected, targeted and estimated results and
the   company's  outlook  concerning  future  results,  that  are
"forward-looking  statements" as  defined  in  the  U.S.  Private
Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are  cautioned
not  to  place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and  any  such forward-looking statements are qualified in  their
entirety by reference to the following cautionary statements. All
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date  hereof  and
are  based  on  current  expectations and  involve  a  number  of
assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause the  actual
results   to   differ   materially  from   such   forward-looking
statements.

Factors  relating to the transaction and the integration  of  the
business  that could cause material differences in  the  expected
results of the acquired company include, without limitation,  the
following:  the development and execution of comprehensive  plans
for  asset  rationalization, the ability to eliminate duplicative
overhead  without  excessive  cost  or  adversely  affecting  the
business,  the  potential loss of customers and  employees  as  a
result  of  the  transaction, the ability to achieve  procurement
savings by leveraging total spending across the organization, the
success  of  the  organization  in leveraging  its  comprehensive
product  offering to the acquired customer base as  well  as  the
ability  of the organization to complete the integration  of  the
acquired  company  without  losing  focus  on  the  business.  In
addition,  the  ability of the acquired company  to  achieve  the
expected  revenues, accretion and synergy savings  will  also  be
affected  by  the  effects  of  competition  (in  particular  the
response  to the transaction in the marketplace), the effects  of
paper  and  other  raw materials and fuel price fluctuations  and
shortages of supply, the rate of migration from paper-based forms
to digital formats, general economic and other factors beyond the
acquired  company's  control, and other risks  and  uncertainties
described  from  time  to time in Ennis'  periodic  filings  with
United States securities authorities, as applicable.