How do they match: Prepress Technicians and Workers

  • Press Specialist
  • Press Technician
  • Machine Compositor
  • Blueprint Machine Operator
  • Blueprinting Machine Operator
  • Composing Machine Operator
  • Composing Machine Tender
  • Electronic Pre-Press Technician
  • Lithographic Press Operator
  • Lithographing Machine Operator
  • Ludlow Machine Operator
  • Pantograph Machine Operator
  • Photocomposing Machine Operator
  • Photoengraving Machine Operator
  • Photoengraving Machine Tender
  • Photogravure Press Operator
  • Photolettering Machine Operator
  • Pre-Press Production Technician
  • Pre-Press Proofer
  • Repeat Photocomposing Machine Operator
  • Striping Machine Operator
  • Typecasting Machine Operator
  • Typesetting Machine Operator
  • Typesetting Machine Tender
  • Typo Machine Operator

  • Operate presses to print proofs of plates, monitoring printing quality to ensure that it is adequate.
  • Perform minor deletions, additions, or corrections to completed plates, on or off printing presses, using tusche, printing ink, erasers, and needles.
  • Select proper types of plates according to press run lengths.