How do they match: Prepress Technicians and Workers

  • Make Up Arranger
  • Make Up Worker
  • Make-Up Arranger
  • Blueprint Maker
  • Diploma Maker
  • Electron-Beam Photo Mask Maker
  • Lithographic Plate Maker
  • Lithographic Plate-Maker Apprentice
  • Offset Plate Maker
  • Photographic Plate Maker
  • Plate Maker
  • Printing Plate Maker

  • Analyze originals to evaluate color density, gradation highlights, middle tones, and shadows, using densitometers and knowledge of light and color.
  • Enter, position, and alter text size, using computers, to make up and arrange pages so that printed materials can be produced.
  • Examine finished plates to detect flaws, verify conformity with master plates, and measure dot sizes and centers, using light boxes and microscopes.
  • Examine photographic images for obvious imperfections prior to plate making.
  • Mount negatives and plates in cameras, set exposure controls, and expose plates to light through negatives to transfer images onto plates.
  • Operate and maintain laser plate-making equipment that converts electronic data to plates without the use of film.
  • Punch holes in light-sensitive plates and insert pins in holes to prepare plates for contact with positive or negative film.