How do they match: Print Binding and Finishing Workers

  • Apply color to edges of signatures using brushes, pads, or atomizers.
  • Compress sewed or glued signatures, using hand presses or smashing machines.
  • Form book bodies by folding and sewing printed sheets to form signatures and assembling signatures in numerical order.
  • Install or adjust bindery machine devices, such as knives, guides, rollers, rounding forms, creasing rams, or clamps, to accommodate sheets, signatures, or books of specified sizes.
  • Lubricate, clean, or make minor repairs to machine parts to keep machines in working condition.
  • Punch holes in and fasten paper sheets, signatures, or other material, using hand or machine punches and staplers.
  • Stitch or glue endpapers, bindings, backings, or signatures, using sewing machines, glue machines, or glue and brushes.