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 19, 2004



          ENNIS, INC. CLOSES ALSTYLE APPAREL TRANSACTION

                 Completion of $242 Million Merger

   Midlothian,  Texas   --  Ennis, Inc. (formerly  Ennis  Business
Forms,  Inc.)  (NYSE:  EBF)  a manufacturer  of  printed  business
products  headquartered  in Midlothian, Texas  has  completed  the
merger  of  Alstyle Apparel, Inc. with and into  a  subsidiary  of
Ennis,  Inc.  The  Company also closed its new financing  facility
arranged  through LaSalle National Bank and six  other  banks  and
funded   approximately   $109  million   of   its   $150   million
Term/Revolver  facility.  The shareholders of Ennis,  Inc.,  at  a
special  shareholders meeting on November 4,  2004,  approved  the
transaction and no other approvals were necessary.

      Given  that the transaction closed during the month, only  a
small  part  of the financial results of Alstyle Apparel  will  be
reflected in the financial statements of Ennis, Inc. for the third
quarter  ended  November 30, 2004. Due to the late  close  of  the
merger  in  the  third  quarter, Ennis will not  issue  its  third
quarter  earnings release until January 7, 2005  rather  than  its
usual date of December 21, 2004.

   Keith  Walters, Chairman, President and CEO of Ennis said,  "We
are  looking forward to the addition of Alstyle Apparel to further
supplement  the  products  we  currently  offer  to  our  existing
customers  as  well as the opportunity to penetrate  some  of  the
existing Alstyle customers with traditional Ennis products.   With
the addition of the new shares granted in this merger, the Company
will  now  have a market capitalization (traditionally defined  as
common  shares  outstanding multiplied by  the  current  price  of
common  stock) approaching $500 million based upon its most recent
average  price.   We  wish  to thank our  shareholders  for  their
continued support as we move forward to broaden the scope  of  our
business products to our existing customer base."
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About Ennis
     Ennis,  Inc. (www.ennis.com) (formerly Ennis Business  Forms,
Inc.)  is  primarily  engaged in the production  of  and  sale  of
business   forms,   promotional  products,  including   activewear
apparel,  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  37  production facilities located in 16 states, strategically
located  to  serve the Company's national network of distributors.
With  the  merger of Alstyle Apparel the company has 6  additional
facilities  in California and Mexico devoted to the production  of
activewear   apparel  and  has  7  distribution  centers   located
throughout  the  U.S. and Canada. The Company, together  with  its
subsidiaries,  operates  in  four  business  segments:  the  Forms
Solutions  Group, the Promotional Solutions Group,  the  Financial
Solutions  Group,  and  the newly acquired Alstyle  Apparel.   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      Notes.   The  Financial  Solutions   Group   designs,
manufactures and markets printed forms and specializes in internal
bank  forms, secure and negotiable documents and custom  products.
Alstyle  Apparel is primarily engaged in the production and  sales
of   activewear  including  t-shirts,  fleece  goods,  and   other
wearables.


This  news release contains statements relating to future  results
of  the  company  including statements (i) that  the  issuance  of
shares   in   the   merger  will  expand  the   Company's   market
capitalization  to an amount approaching $500 million  based  upon
the  Company's most recent stock price, (ii) and that the  Company
funded  $109  million of its $150 million Term/Revolver  facility,
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.


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