Ten business cards on one A4 sheet
The Japanese standard card, 91 by 55 mm, tiles two across and five down on A4 with room to spare. Load one design and get the ten-up sheet as a PDF.
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Why ten fits and eleven does not
Two cards side by side measure 182 mm against A4 width of 210 mm, leaving 14 mm each side. Five stacked measure 275 mm against 297 mm, leaving 11 mm top and bottom. Both comfortably clear the 3-5 mm unprintable border of a typical inkjet. Three across would need 273 mm, which A4 simply does not have.
The cutting order
With a zero gutter, make one vertical cut to split the sheet into two columns, then four horizontal cuts. Five cuts, ten cards. Use a metal rule, replace the blade before it dulls, and make two or three light passes rather than one heavy one — the edge comes out much cleaner.
Stock and printer settings
Card stock of 180-220 gsm is the usual choice. Set the media type to heavy or matte photo paper, fix scaling at 100 percent, and switch borderless printing off — it silently enlarges the page by two or three percent. For double-sided work let the first side dry for ten minutes before turning the stack.
Frequently asked questions
Can I fit more than ten?
Not at 91 by 55 mm on A4 — ten is the maximum. Move to A3 for twenty-one up, or pick the small 85 by 49 mm card. A3 lowers the cost per card noticeably once you are printing a hundred or more.
Can I change the 8 mm margin?
Yes, anywhere from 0 to 60 mm in half-millimetre steps. Note that above about 11 mm the fifth row no longer fits and you drop to eight up, so keep it at 11 mm or less to stay ten-up.
My text is getting trimmed off.
Keep text and logos at least 4 mm inside the trim line. Cutting drifts by half a millimetre or more as a matter of course. Background colour and photographs go the other way: extend them 3 mm past the trim line so no white edge appears.