How do they match: Etchers and Engravers

  • Hand Screen Printer
  • Silkscreen Printer

  • Set reduction scales to attain specified sizes of reproduction on workpieces, and set pantograph controls for required heights, depths, and widths of cuts.
  • Print proofs or examine designs to verify accuracy of engraving, and rework engraving as required.
  • Determine machine settings, and move bars or levers to reproduce designs on rollers or plates.
  • Engrave and print patterns, designs, etchings, trademarks, or lettering onto flat or curved surfaces of a wide variety of metal, glass, plastic, or paper items, using hand tools or hand-held power tools.
  • Transfer image to workpiece, using contact printer, pantograph stylus, silkscreen printing device, or stamp pad.

  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.
  • Determine production equipment settings.
  • Inspected printed materials or other images to verify quality.
  • Operate equipment to print images or bind printed images together.