How do they match: Prepress Technicians and Workers

  • Computer Typesetter
  • Blueprint Developer
  • Plate Developer

  • Enter, position, and alter text size, using computers, to make up and arrange pages so that printed materials can be produced.
  • Enter, store, and retrieve information on computer-aided equipment.
  • Inspect developed film for specified results and quality, using magnifying glasses and scopes, forwarding acceptable negatives or positives to other workers or to customers.
  • Mix solutions such as developing solutions and colored coating solutions.
  • Set scanners to specific color densities, sizes, screen rulings, and exposure adjustments, using scanner keyboards or computers.

  • Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.