Gang-run (or “ganging”) is one of the print trade’s quiet money-savers. If you understand it, you can brief jobs in a way that costs you less.

What ganging means

Instead of giving a job its own press sheet, ganging places several different jobs on one sheet, prints them together, then cuts them apart. The setup and the sheet are shared, so the cost is split between all the jobs riding along.

When it works well

• Jobs share the same stock (e.g. 350 gsm gloss card)
• Jobs share the same finish (e.g. matt lamination both sides)
• Quantities are similar, so nothing is wildly over- or under-printed

A classic example: a batch of different clients’ business cards, all on the same card and lamination, ganged onto SRA3 and split afterwards.

The trade-offs to know

Ganging shares one set of press settings, so it suits jobs where colour is “pleasing” rather than pinpoint-critical. If you need an exact brand colour matched on a dedicated run, a solo sheet is the safer choice. We will always tell you honestly which way is better for your job.

Curious how many of your pieces would fit alongside others on a sheet? Our imposition calculator shows the up-count and efficiency for any size.