- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who makes ready and operates press to engrave decorative designs or lettering on announcements, greeting and business cards, letterheads, and related items, following operating procedures outlined on job order. Responsibilities include:
* Installs appropriate die and inking rollers on ram, using wrench.
* Cuts out and fastens paper template to bed of press to maintain flatness of finished cards or sheets.
* Inserts and adjusts roll of wiping paper that automatically cleans die between impressions.
* Thins ink to desired consistency and fills ink fountain.
* Starts press to obtain proof copy.
* Examines proof and adjusts press and ink fountain to obtain uniform indentation and color registration.
* Starts press and feeds cards or sheets to be engraved onto bed of press.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates lithograph press to print descriptive material and designs on tinplate. Responsibilities include:
* Installs printing plates on machine rolls, using handtools and gauges.
* Adjusts feed guides, back and side gauges, and rollers with handtools.
* Mixes colors of paint according to formula and fills paint fountain.
* Starts machine and makes trial run.
* Adjusts or changes gears to regulate rate of feed and turns fountain valves to adjust flow of paint.
* Inspects lithographed plate to ensure that printing is clear and lined-up according to specifications or sample.
* Examines plates during process and removes defective plates.
* Observes heat gauges and regulates controls of drying oven to maintain specified heat.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates press to print colored designs on rolls of plastic or plastic-coated material. Responsibilities include:
* Positions and clamps printing cylinder on press, using handtools.
* Pours inks into ink pans and threads plastic film through press rolls.
* Starts press and turns wheels to adjust pickup, transfer, and printing rolls.
* Turns rheostats to regulate speed and feed of press, and temperature of drying box.
* Examines printed sheet to detect defects, such as wrinkles, tears, smeared printing, and uneven color distribution.
* Cleans and oils press.
* Repairs or replaces broken or worn parts of press, using handtools.
* May set print on printing cylinder, and blend colored inks, according to job order.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates press to print colored designs on rolls of plastic or plastic-coated material. Responsibilities include:
* Positions and clamps printing cylinder on press, using handtools.
* Pours inks into ink pans and threads plastic film through press rolls.
* Starts press and turns wheels to adjust pickup, transfer, and printing rolls.
* Turns rheostats to regulate speed and feed of press, and temperature of drying box.
* Examines printed sheet to detect defects, such as wrinkles, tears, smeared printing, and uneven color distribution.
* Cleans and oils press.
* Repairs or replaces broken or worn parts of press, using handtools.
* May set print on printing cylinder, and blend colored inks, according to job order.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates printing press to print embossed forms, such as business cards, letterheads, and announcements, from engraved steel plates. Responsibilities include:
* Positions plate in plateholder and builds up space beneath plate with cut pieces of fabric material to make slight crimp of printed areas.
* Glues plate in position.
* Sets paper guides and adjusts plate-wiping mechanism, using wrenches.
* Turns on drying lamps over takeoff conveyor and starts press.
* Engages automatic feed or feeds sheets to press by hand, aligning them against paper guides.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates printing press to print embossed forms, such as business cards, letterheads, and announcements, from engraved steel plates. Responsibilities include:
* Positions plate in plateholder and builds up space beneath plate with cut pieces of fabric material to make slight crimp of printed areas.
* Glues plate in position.
* Sets paper guides and adjusts plate-wiping mechanism, using wrenches.
* Turns on drying lamps over takeoff conveyor and starts press.
* Engages automatic feed or feeds sheets to press by hand, aligning them against paper guides.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates specially equipped presses to print, perforate, number, and cut data processing cards according to specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Installs die in press bed or on press cylinder and tightens locking attachment, using wrench.
* Mounts paper roll on reel and inserts end into automatic feed mechanism.
* Tightens or loosens fountain thumbscrew to adjust ink flow.
* Starts presses and observes operation to detect malfunction.
* Examines printed cards for conformance to specifications, using line gauge.
* May record production on logsheet.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who makes ready and operates web or sheet-fed offset printing press to print single and multicolor copy from lithographic plates. Responsibilities include:
* Examines job order to determine quantity to be printed, stock specifications, colors, and special printing instructions.
* Measures plate thickness and inserts packing sheets on plate cylinder to build up plate to printing height and installs and locks plate into position, using handtools, to achieve pressure required for printing.
* Washes plate to remove protective gum coating.
* Measures paper thickness and adjusts space between blanket and impression cylinders according to thickness of paper stock.
* Fills ink and dampening solution fountains and adjusts controls to regulate flow of ink and dampening solution to plate cylinder.
* Starts press, examines printed copy for ink density, position on paper, and registration, and makes adjustments to press throughout production run to maintain specific registration and color density.
* Removes and cleans plate and cylinders.
* May apply packing sheets to blanket cylinder to build up blanket thickness to diameter of plate cylinder.
* May load paper into feeder or install rolls of paper, make adjustments to feeder and delivery mechanisms, and unload printed material from delivery mechanism.
* May lead, give directions to, and monitor work of assistant press operator, offset; feeder; jogger; or roll tender.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs duties as described under apprentice master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs duties as described under apprentice master title.
Industry:Professional careers
