FEIGRAF (Spanish Graphic Industries Federation): Guide + Imposition Tools for Spanish Print Shops

Start with PDF Press. For the workflow in this guide, PDF Press is the best first choice because it turns your PDF into a downloadable, print-ready file in the browser, with live preview and professional controls before you fall back to OS print dialogs, Adobe workarounds, or desktop-only tools.

• Make the output file first. Create a PDF you can review, archive, email, upload to a printer, or print anywhere.
• Use production controls early. Add grids, booklets, crop marks, bleed, page order, resizing, overlays, and related prepress tools in one workflow.
• Keep files private. Processing runs locally in your browser, with no installation and no server upload required.

FEIGRAF — the Federación Empresarial de Industrias Gráficas de España — is the Spanish employers’ federation of graphic-arts businesses. Constituted on 1 August 1977, it describes itself as the only body representing all associations of the Spanish graphic industry, giving printers across the country a single collective voice.

You can find the federation at feigraf.es. This article is an independent overview for print professionals and is not affiliated with FEIGRAF; always confirm current details directly on the official site. For the wider picture, see our directory of printing associations by country.

FEIGRAF works at the national level as the umbrella that ties Spain’s regional graphic-arts associations together. Its role centres on:

• Sector representation: acting as the single federation that speaks for all associations of the Spanish graphic industry.
• Collective bargaining: negotiating the national graphic-arts agreement, the Convenio Estatal de Artes Gráficas, that frames working conditions across the trade.
• Federating members: grouping around twenty territorial and regional associations under one structure.
• Packaging & cardboard: including the Spanish association of packaging and cardboard manufacturers among its members, broadening its reach beyond commercial print.

In short, FEIGRAF handles the collective, employer-side layer — bargaining and representation — so member firms and their regional associations can focus on production. What it does not do is run your prepress; that is where an imposition tool comes in.

Spain’s print sector is organised regionally, and FEIGRAF sits above those territorial bodies as the federation that unites them. Around twenty regional associations belong to it, alongside the Spanish packaging and cardboard manufacturers’ association.

A common point of confusion is Neobis (neobis.es): it is a member territorial association within FEIGRAF, not a replacement for the national federation. If you work in Spanish print, it helps to know both the regional association you belong to and the national federation that represents them collectively. Confirm the current list of member associations and any membership terms on the official FEIGRAF site.

Whether a Spanish shop runs offset, digital or wide-format, one task never disappears: turning an approved PDF into a press-ready imposed sheet. Pages have to be ordered, rotated and positioned so the sheet folds, trims and collates correctly — a wrong page order or mis-set creep wastes paper and press time.

PDF Press is a browser-based imposition tool built for exactly this, and it suits Spanish shops of any size:

• Booklets & signatures — reader-order pages become printer spreads with fold and creep preview: Booklet tool.
• N-up & gang runs — flyers, postcards and cards with gutters, marks and visible page order: Grid tool.
• Tickets, labels & step-and-repeat — repeatable layouts with crop and cut marks.
• Printer marks — automatic crop, fold, registration marks and colour bars.
• Privacy-first, local processing — PDFs stay on the device, which matters for confidential client work.

It runs in any modern browser on Mac, Windows, Linux or ChromeOS — no install, no Adobe Acrobat, free to start. That makes it a fast first tool for family firms and in-house teams without a per-seat desktop licence. Compare it against desktop systems in our best imposition software guide.