How do they match: Prepress Technicians and Workers

  • Prepress Technicians and Workers

  • Pre-Press Production Technician
  • Pre-Press Proofer
  • Prepress Manager
  • Prepress Operator
  • Prepress Specialist
  • Prepress Stripper
  • Prepress Supervisor
  • Prepress Technician
  • Press Specialist
  • Press Technician
  • Production Coordinator
  • Digital Prepress Operator
  • Digital Prepress Tech
  • Digital Prepress Technician
  • Electronic Pre-Press Technician
  • Electronic Prepress Operator
  • Electronic Prepress Technician
  • Lithographic Press Operator
  • Photogravure Press Operator
  • Print and Publication Linotype Operator
  • Print and Publication Stripper
  • Printing Film Stripper
  • Printing and Publishing Hand Etcher
  • Printing and Publishing Plate Finisher

  • Format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates.

  • Activate scanners to produce positive or negative films for the black-and-white, cyan, yellow, and magenta separations from each original copy.
  • Enter, position, and alter text size, using computers, to make up and arrange pages so that printed materials can be produced.
  • Generate prepress proofs in digital or other format to approximate the appearance of the final printed piece.
  • Inspect developed film for specified results and quality, using magnifying glasses and scopes, forwarding acceptable negatives or positives to other workers or to customers.
  • Operate presses to print proofs of plates, monitoring printing quality to ensure that it is adequate.
  • Operate and maintain laser plate-making equipment that converts electronic data to plates without the use of film.
  • Perform "preflight" check of required font, graphic, text and image files to ensure completeness prior to delivery to printer.
  • Perform close alignment or registration of double and single flats to sensitized plates prior to exposure to produce composite images.
  • Perform minor deletions, additions, or corrections to completed plates, on or off printing presses, using tusche, printing ink, erasers, and needles.
  • Punch holes in light-sensitive plates and insert pins in holes to prepare plates for contact with positive or negative film.
  • Select proper types of plates according to press run lengths.

  • Clean production equipment.
  • Examine condition of property or products.
  • Maintain production or processing equipment.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Monitor equipment operation to ensure that products are not flawed.
  • Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
  • Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
  • Program equipment to perform production tasks.
  • Repair production equipment or tools.
  • Select production equipment according to product specifications.