UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                 DATE OF REPORT
                        (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)

                                 March 23, 2004



                                 ASTRO-MED, INC
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)


                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-13200



     RHODE ISLAND                                 05-0318215
     (STATE  OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF             (IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION
     INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)               NUMBER)


                600 EAST GREENWICH AVENUE, WEST WARWICK, RI 02893
          (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)



                                 (401-828-4000)
              (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)






ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c)      Exhibit

Exhibit no.       Exhibit

99.1     Press Release dated March 23, 2004


ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

     On March 23,  2004,  Astro-Med,  Inc.  issued a press  release  in which it
disclosed unaudited  financial  information related to fourth quarter and twelve
month  consolidated  earnings.  A copy of the  press  release  relating  to such
announcement,  dated March 23, 2004,  is attached  hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.

     This information  shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of
the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  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.



SIGNATURES

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.

DATE: March 23, 2004                        ASTRO-MED, INC.



                                       By:  /s/ Joseph P. O'Connell
                                            ---------------------------
                                                Joseph P. O'Connell
                                                Vice President and Treasurer Chief
                                                Financial Officer



                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS



          Exhibit No.                       Exhibit
          -----------                       -------

          99.1                              Press Release Dated March 23, 2004