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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Formolo Thomas J   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol American Reprographics CO [ARP] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 10 S. WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 3175 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/02/2005 (Street) CHICAGO, IL 60606 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 03/02/2005   S   1,606,426 (1) D $ 13 11,060,327 (2) I See Footnote (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Formolo Thomas J 10 S. WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 3175 CHICAGO, IL 60606	X

Signatures

/s/ Mark W. Legg, Attorney-In-Fact for Thomas J. Formolo		03/01/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes 2,633 shares disposed of by CHS Associates IV and 1,603,793 shares disposed of by ARC Acquisition Co., L.L.C. Thomas J. Formolo is a member of the investment committee of Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC, the general partner of CHS Management IV, L.P., which in turn is the general partner of Code, Hennessy & Simmons IV, L.P., the sole member of ARC Acquisition Co., L.L.C. Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC is also the general partner of CHS Associates IV. Thomas J. Formolo may be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned by ARC Acquisition Co., L.L.C. and CHS Associates IV, but disclaims beneficial ownership of shares in which he does not have a pecuniary interest.
(2)	This number includes 18,133 shares owned by CHS Associates IV and 11,042,194 shares owned by ARC Acquisition Co., L.L.C. Thomas J. Formolo is a member of the investment committee of Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC. Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC is the general partner of CHS Management IV LP, which in turn is the general partner of Code Hennessy & Simmons IV LP, which in turn is the sole member of ARC Acquisition Co., L.L.C. Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC is also the managing partner of CHS Associates IV. Thomas J. Formolo may be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned by CHS Associates IV and ARC Acquisition Co., L.L.C., but disclaims beneficial ownership of shares in which he does not have a pecuniary interest.

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