How do they match: Prepress Technicians and Workers

  • Form Setter
  • Form Worker
  • Job Forwarder
  • Layout Former

  • 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.

  • Examine unexposed photographic plates to detect flaws or foreign particles prior to printing.
  • 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.
  • Punch holes in light-sensitive plates and insert pins in holes to prepare plates for contact with positive or negative film.