How do they match: Prepress Technicians and Workers

  • Prepress Technicians and Workers

  • Cold Type Artist
  • Graphic Artist
  • Graphic Arts Technician
  • Lithographic Artist
  • Paste Up Artist
  • Paste-Up Artist
  • Paste-Up Artist Apprentice
  • Photoengraving Finisher
  • Plate Finisher
  • Process Artist

  • Format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates.

  • Arrange and mount typeset material and illustrations into paste-ups for printing reproduction, based on artists' or editors' layouts.
  • Examine finished plates to detect flaws, verify conformity with master plates, and measure dot sizes and centers, using light boxes and microscopes.
  • Generate prepress proofs in digital or other format to approximate the appearance of the final printed piece.

  • Mix ingredients to create specific finishes.