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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000914260-06-000053
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060321
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060321
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060321

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ASTRO MED INC /NEW/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000008146
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT, NEC [3577]
		IRS NUMBER:				050318215
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			RI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-13200
		FILM NUMBER:		06701193

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 E GREENWICH AVE
		CITY:			WEST WARWICK
		STATE:			RI
		ZIP:			02893
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4018284000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 E GREENWICH AVENUE
		CITY:			WEST WARWICK
		STATE:			RI
		ZIP:			02893

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ATLAN TOL INDUSTRIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19850220
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=4>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549</font></B></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>DATE OF REPORT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:16pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>March 21, 2006</font></b></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=5>ASTRO-MED, INC</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)</font></b></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font SIZE=2>INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font SIZE=2>NUMBER)</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>600 EAST GREENWICH AVENUE, WEST WARWICK, RI 02893</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(401-828-4000)</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(REGISTRANT&#146;S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>ITEM 8.01. Other Events</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On March 21, 2006, Astro-Med, Inc. issued a press release in which it announced that the Board of Directors, at their meeting on March 20, 2006, raised the quarterly cash dividend from $0.04 to $0.05 payable on April 3, 2006 to shareholders of record on March 24, 2006.  A copy of the press release relating to such announcement, dated March 21, 2006, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>This information shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><B><font SIZE=2>ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</font></B></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Press Release dated March 21, 2006</font></p> </td> </tr></table>


<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:8pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>DATE: March 21, 2006</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font SIZE=2>ASTRO-MED, INC.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>s</font><u><font size=2>/ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph P. O&#146;Connell</font></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0in;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Joseph P. O&#146;Connell</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Press Release dated March 21, 2006</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><font size=2>Exhibit 99.1</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=3>600 East Greenwich Avenue</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=3>West Warwick, Rhode Island 02893</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><i><font size=3>For Immediate Release</font></i></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Albert W. Ondis</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>March 21, 2006</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Joseph P. O&#146;Connell</font></b></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=5>Astro-Med Announces 25% Dividend Increase</font><b><font size=5> </font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>West Warwick, RI, March 21, 2006 -- Astro-Med, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALOT) announced that the Board of Directors, at their meeting on March 20, 2006, raised the quarterly cash dividend from $0.04 to $0.05 payable on April 3, 2006 to shareholders of record on March 24, 2006.  The Company expects to maintain the cash dividend rate of $0.20 per share annually.  Astro-Med, Inc. will release its 4<sup>th</sup> Quarter and annual financial results later today.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Astro-Med, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of high tech specialty printing systems, electronic medical instrumentation, and test and measurement instruments employed around the world in a wide range of industrial, scientific, and medical applications.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>This news release contains forward-looking statements, and actual results may vary from those expressed or implied herein.  Factors that could affect these results include those mentioned in Astro-Med&#146;s FY2005 annual report and its annual and quarterly filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></p>

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