How do they match: Prepress Technicians and Workers

  • Machine Compositor
  • Scanner
  • Scanner Operator
  • Scanning Clerk
  • Scanning Operator
  • Blueprint Machine Operator
  • Blueprinting Machine Operator
  • Composing Machine Operator
  • Composing Machine Tender
  • Laser Beam Color Scanner Operator
  • Lithographing Machine Operator
  • Ludlow Machine Operator
  • Pantograph Machine Operator
  • Photocomposing Machine Operator
  • Photoengraving Machine Operator
  • Photoengraving Machine Tender
  • Photolettering Machine Operator
  • Repeat Photocomposing Machine Operator
  • Striping Machine Operator
  • Typecasting Machine Operator
  • Typesetting Machine Operator
  • Typesetting Machine Tender
  • Typo Machine Operator

  • Activate scanners to produce positive or negative films for the black-and-white, cyan, yellow, and magenta separations from each original copy.
  • Operate and maintain a variety of cameras and equipment, such as process, line, halftone, and color separation cameras, enlargers, electronic scanners, and contact equipment.
  • Perform minor deletions, additions, or corrections to completed plates, on or off printing presses, using tusche, printing ink, erasers, and needles.
  • Perform tests to determine lengths of exposures, by exposing plates, scanning line copy, and comparing exposures to tone range scales.
  • Set scanners to specific color densities, sizes, screen rulings, and exposure adjustments, using scanner keyboards or computers.

  • Edit documents.