r/Commercial
Know the rules before you post. So easy grandma can do it.
- To post
- No minimum in the rules
- To comment
- No minimum in the rules
- Self-promotion
- Allowed with conditions
- Allowed exceptions include individual used-equipment sales, legitimate job postings, and helpful tutorials as long as they are not promotional.
- Links
- Allowed with conditions
- Referral links are not allowed.
- Promo risk
- High
- From the rules, not from removal counts
- Community age
- 14 years
- Since Nov 2012
About r/CommercialPrinting
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/CommercialPrinting: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.Checked from the r/CommercialPrinting rules on Reddit.
r/CommercialPrinting rules
4 rules, in the community's own words.
- 1
Spam
Spam will be removed and first-time offenders banned. Posts made primarily to drive traffic, sales, signups, or engagement outside the subreddit will be removed First-time spam offenders may be permanently banned at moderator discretion, especially when the account appears to be posting in bad faith.
- 2
Off-Topic Posts
/r/CommercialPrinting is a community for prepress, designers, operators, and lovers of the commercial printing industry. This is not the place for questions about your home printer, local copy shop, or screen printing. Off-topic posts will be subject to removal. Feel free to discuss: file prep, techniques, opinions, design, and more.
- 3
No Business Self-Promotion
Posts whose main purpose is to advertise a company, service, website, product, coupon, referral link, or paid offering are not allowed. This includes lead generation, and disguised advertising. Allowed exceptions include individual used-equipment sales, helpful tutorials or educational resources, legitimate job postings, and industry discussions, as long as they are relevant to commercial printing and not promotional or contain promotions.
- 4
No Software/App Promotion or “Beta Tester” Solicitation
Posts promoting apps, SaaS, AI tools, websites, estimating systems, workflow products, marketplaces, or other software are not allowed when the poster is affiliated with the product. “Beta testing,” “feedback requests,” “market research,” “free tools,” demos, waitlists, signup links, or requests to DM for access are still promotion. Genuine discussion by actual users is welcome.
What to post in r/CommercialPrinting
What fits the room, and what gets removed.
Works well
- A detailed tutorial on optimizing file prep for a specific commercial printing process.
- A discussion thread asking for expert opinions on the best design techniques for a particular print run.
- A post offering a legitimate job opening for a printing operator position.
- A helpful guide detailing the pros and cons of different commercial printing techniques.
- A post listing used equipment for sale that is relevant to the commercial printing field.
Avoid
- Asking questions about home printers, local copy shops, or screen printing.
- Posting any content or links that drive traffic to your own business or website.
- Posting posts whose main purpose is to advertise a company, service, website, product, coupon, referral link, or paid offering.
- Soliciting beta testers, feedback, or market research for software you are affiliated with.
- Posting disguised advertising or lead generation content.
- Posting general off-topic content that does not relate to commercial printing.
Best hours to post in r/CommercialPrinting
No pattern yet. r/CommercialPrinting does not have enough top posts from the last 90 days to name its best hours.
What r/CommercialPrinting Is For
This sub is for prepress people, designers, operators, and anyone who loves commercial printing. The talk here is file prep, techniques, design, opinions, that sort of thing. It's not the place for home printer questions, your local copy shop, or screen printing.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rules that decide whether a marketing-adjacent post survives are "Spam", "Off-Topic Posts", "No Business Self-Promotion", and "No Software/App Promotion or "Beta Tester" Solicitation".
What To Post
A good post gives the community something. You can share helpful tutorials or educational resources, talk through industry techniques, or post legitimate job openings. Individual used-equipment sales also count as an exception to the promotion rules, as long as they're relevant to commercial printing.
What To Avoid
Don't spam. That means no posting mainly to drive traffic, sales, signups, or engagement outside the subreddit. "No Business Self-Promotion" bans posts whose main purpose is advertising a company, service, or product. And if you're affiliated with the product, "No Software/App Promotion or "Beta Tester" Solicitation" applies to you too.
A note from Anthony
From what I can see in the evidence, the mods here are strict about promotion and off-topic content. There are no observed top posts, which suggests the community cares most about genuine, non-promotional discussion. The software promotion rules go into real detail, so as a founder I know I have to be careful about how I frame anything I post.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog. Every guide is built from the community's own public rules and data, then checked by Rankhog's grounding audit before it goes live.
Common questions about r/CommercialPrinting
What subreddits are similar to r/CommercialPrinting?
Subreddits like r/CommercialPrinting are r/skilledtrades, r/IndustrialMaintenance and r/AskRetail.
What kind of topics are allowed in this community?
You can discuss file prep, techniques, opinions, and design, but you must keep the discussion focused on commercial printing.
Can I post about my business or products?
You cannot post if the main purpose is to advertise your company, product, or service, though helpful tutorials or individual used-equipment sales are allowed.
Is it okay to ask about my home printer setup?
You should not ask questions about home printers, local copy shops, or screen printing, as these are considered off-topic.
Can I ask for feedback on a new software tool I built?
If you are affiliated with a software or app, you cannot post it to ask for beta testers or feedback, as this is considered promotion.
Subreddits like r/CommercialPrinting
Other rooms for the same crowd.