GRAKOM: Guide to Denmark's Print & Communication Association + Imposition Tools

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.

GRAKOM is Denmark’s employers’ and industry association for the communication, print and packaging sector. It brings together companies across print, packaging, labels and communication and advertising agencies, and speaks for them on employer, business and industry matters.

The association has represented the Danish industry since 1875 and adopted the name GRAKOM in 2014. You can find it at grakom.dk. It is a member of Intergraf, the European Federation for Print and Digital Communication, as well as FESPA and FTA Europe. For the broader landscape, see our directory of printing associations by country. This guide is an independent overview for print professionals and is not affiliated with GRAKOM; confirm current details on the official site.

GRAKOM bundles the employer and industry services a communication or print business would otherwise assemble from separate advisers. Its offer to members spans:

• Employer representation: acting for members in labour-market, agreement and workplace matters.
• Industry advocacy: representing Danish print, packaging and communication at home and, via Intergraf, FESPA and FTA Europe, abroad.
• Advice & business support: legal, commercial and sector-specific guidance for member firms.
• Sustainability leadership: positioning the sector around “the world’s greenest printing industry” and supporting members on environmental goals.
• Networking: connecting print, packaging, label and agency companies across Denmark.

In short, GRAKOM handles the business-of-communication-and-print layer so members can focus on production. What it does not do is run your prepress — that is where an imposition tool comes in.

GRAKOM represents close to 450 companies spanning print, packaging, labels and communication and advertising agencies — a broad definition of the sector that reflects how print and communication have converged in Denmark. Its members range from traditional printers to modern communication houses.

A defining feature of GRAKOM is its sustainability stance: the association frames the Danish sector around the ambition of “the world’s greenest printing industry.” Combined with its memberships in Intergraf, FESPA and FTA Europe, this gives Danish printers a voice on both green production and wider European print policy. For current membership terms, confirm directly at grakom.dk.

Whether a GRAKOM member runs a litho press, a digital fleet, a label line or a packaging operation, one task never disappears: turning an approved PDF into a press-ready imposed sheet. Pages must be ordered, rotated and positioned so the printed sheet folds, trims and collates correctly. A wrong page order, an upside-down back or a mis-set creep means wasted paper and press time.

PDF Press is a browser-based imposition tool built for exactly this. It runs in any modern browser with a live preview, keeps processing local on your device, and needs no install and no Adobe Acrobat — free to start:

• Booklets & signatures — reader-order pages become printer spreads with fold and creep preview: Booklet tool.
• N-up & gang runs — cards, flyers and postcards with gutters, marks and visible page order: Grid tool.
• Tickets, labels & step-and-repeat — repeatable layouts with crop and cut marks, useful for label-focused members.
• Printer marks — automatic crop, fold, registration marks and colour bars.
• Privacy-first, local processing — PDFs never leave the device, which matters for confidential client work.

It works on Mac, Windows, Linux and ChromeOS, making it a fast first tool for Danish firms and in-house teams that would rather avoid a per-seat desktop licence. And because nothing is uploaded, it fits neatly with the sector’s low-waste, sustainability-minded mindset. Compare it against desktop systems in our best imposition software guide.