How do they match: Prepress Technicians and Workers

  • Prepress Technicians and Workers

  • Scanner
  • Scanner Operator
  • Scanning Clerk
  • Scanning Operator
  • Prepress Manager
  • Prepress Operator
  • Prepress Specialist
  • Prepress Stripper
  • Prepress Supervisor
  • Prepress Technician
  • Digital Prepress Operator
  • Digital Prepress Tech
  • Digital Prepress Technician
  • Electronic Prepress Operator
  • Electronic Prepress Technician
  • Laser Beam Color Scanner Operator

  • Activate scanners to produce positive or negative films for the black-and-white, cyan, yellow, and magenta separations from each original copy.
  • Generate prepress proofs in digital or other format to approximate the appearance of the final printed piece.
  • 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 tests to determine lengths of exposures, by exposing plates, scanning line copy, and comparing exposures to tone range scales.
  • Punch holes in light-sensitive plates and insert pins in holes to prepare plates for contact with positive or negative film.
  • Set scanners to specific color densities, sizes, screen rulings, and exposure adjustments, using scanner keyboards or computers.

  • Edit documents.