- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who operates machine to print and slot container blanks, according to work orders. Responsibilities include:
* Selects, installs, and adjusts slotting and perforating knives in machine according to specified dimensions of slot and spacing of perforations, assisted by printer-slotter helper.
* Positions and attaches printing mats to print rollers according to printing order, using hand or air staple gun, wrenches, and tape measure.
* Fills ink reservoirs with specified colors of ink and turns thumbscrews to adjust flow of ink through fountains.
* Turns handwheels and pushes buttons or levers to adjust paper guides on machine feed table and automatic stacker, using handtools, and starts machine.
* Measures printed-slotted blanks to verify machine setup.
* Examines printed-slotted blanks for even ink distribution, trueness of color, printing flaws, and wrinkles.
* May operate machine equipped with gluing and folding attachment and be designated flexo-folder-gluer operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to print and slot container blanks, according to work orders. Responsibilities include:
* Selects, installs, and adjusts slotting and perforating knives in machine according to specified dimensions of slot and spacing of perforations, assisted by printer-slotter helper.
* Positions and attaches printing mats to print rollers according to printing order, using hand or air staple gun, wrenches, and tape measure.
* Fills ink reservoirs with specified colors of ink and turns thumbscrews to adjust flow of ink through fountains.
* Turns handwheels and pushes buttons or levers to adjust paper guides on machine feed table and automatic stacker, using handtools, and starts machine.
* Measures printed-slotted blanks to verify machine setup.
* Examines printed-slotted blanks for even ink distribution, trueness of color, printing flaws, and wrinkles.
* May operate machine equipped with gluing and folding attachment and be designated flexo-folder-gluer operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compares color of printing ink with sample to ensure adherence to formula or customer specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Determines ink viscosity by timing flow from test cup and adds desired amount of solvent to meet viscosity requirements for kind of ink and application.
* Fills ink reservoirs in presses and adds more solvent to thin ink or uncovers reservoirs to allow evaporation of excess solvent during press run.
* May fill lubricating cups with oil and grease.
* May assist press operator to set up printing press.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates battery of one or more types of printing presses to print identifying data on paper sheets that are wound into tubes for shotgun shells. Responsibilities include:
* Places type block on press bed, arranges wooden blocks to hold it in desired position, and locks them in place by tightening wedges with key wrench.
* Wraps and clamps tympan sheet around backing cylinder and fills reservoir with ink, using putty knife.
* Fills feed tray with paper and turns valve to start suction of feed cups.
* Starts press and runs proof sheet.
* Examines it for uniformity of impression, alignment, and spacing, and feels imprint for depth.
* Builds up tympan for darker impression by inserting sheets of tissue or thicker paper between cylinder and tympan or by cutting and pasting strips over light portions.
* Mounts paper roll in rear cradle of cut and print machine, using chain hoist, and threads end through series of rollers to cutoff blade.
* Selects curved printing plates with desired wording and screws them to printing cylinder.
* Wraps and clamps tympan sheet around backing cylinder.
* Runs proof and builds up impression.
* Examines stock for deviation from color standard by holding it to light and pulling stock through fingers to determine texture.
* Measures thickness of paper and skived edges, using dial indicator, to periodically verify conformance to specifications.
* Adjusts guides, pickup fingers, and cylinder and roller alignment by trial and error, by turning setscrews, wingnuts and stopnuts, using handtools.
* Turns gears to adjust length of cut.
* Clears jammed paper from mechanism, using fingers or screwdriver.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates press to emboss paper stock, such as labels or stationery. Responsibilities include:
* Installs and locks embossed plate in chase and locks chase in bed of press.
* Mixes embossing composition to puttylike consistency, spreads glue on platen, and applies thin pad of composition over glue.
* Makes impression of embossing to desired depth in composition on platen, trims off excess, and allows composition to harden.
* Scrapes high spots on counter die (impressed composition) to prevent it from puncturing paper.
* Starts press, sets sheets singly in gauge pins, and embosses them, removing and stacking them as embossed.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs duties as described under apprentice master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates ruling machines to draw lines on tablets, notebooks, looseleaf fillers, and index cards according to specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Reads job orders to determine settings.
* Installs and adjusts machine parts, such as slitting knives, trimming blades, ruling heads, discs or pens, printing reels, belts, and gear, using handtools.
* Sets guides, feed rollers, punching units, and other machine parts to accommodate size and style of material being produced.
* Mixes ink compounds, fills ink wells, and turns valves to regulate flow of ink.
* Places stacks of paper sheets on feedboard of machine or installs rolls of paper in roll-fed machine and turns handwheel to adjust cutting mechanism that cuts product to specified length.
* Sets counter when printing sheets for looseleaf fillers.
* Starts machine for test run.
* Examines lines being drawn to detect variations in line width or color tone, and measures dimensions of product, using tape rule, to ensure conformance to specifications.
* Makes adjustments as required.
* Starts machine and observes operation of machine during production run.
* Inserts pieces of cardboard and sheets of printed paper into stacks of lined sheets at specified intervals to provide backs and fronts when making tablets.
* Stops machine when malfunction occurs, corrects malfunction, or notifies other worker of malfunction.
* Cleans machine parts, using solvent.
* May oversee workers in supplying paper stock to machine.
* May operate roll-fed machine, equipped with paper cutter and two sets of ruling heads or pens to draw horizontal and vertical lines, and be designated l-type-ruling-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates sign printing machines to print store display cards and signs, according to size and quantity of signs ordered, using either of following methods. Responsibilities include:
* (1) Clamps cardboard on base of machine that prints letters one at a time.
* Pushes lever to position type case over cardboard.
* Pulls lever to depress plunger that prints letter on cardboard.
* (2) Chooses type style, positions letters in composing stick, and clamps it on bed of manual platen press that prints sign in one operation.
* Selects and mixes color of poster paint, and applies paint to type, using roller.
* Inserts cardboard into holding clamps of press, and pulls carriage to end of press bed.
* Depresses pedal to lower cylinders against cardboard and type to print sign.
* May lay out display signs that include photographs or merchandising samples.
* May use chemicals and heat to produce embossed signs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who mounts rubber plates (dies) on fiberboard or plastic mats, according to printing order specifications, for use in printing-slotting machines. Responsibilities include:
* Lays out and draws outline of box or container on mat, according to specifications, using tape measure and marking pencil.
* Positions and aligns rubber plates on fiberboard mat, according to markings.
* Fastens plate on mat, using glue and staple gun.
* Examines initial run of printed box or container for printing defects, such as overlap and uneven color distribution.
* Cleans used plates with ink solvent and airhose, and files plates according to printing order number.
* May requisition new plates.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who mounts rubber plates (dies) on fiberboard or plastic mats, according to printing order specifications, for use in printing-slotting machines. Responsibilities include:
* Lays out and draws outline of box or container on mat, according to specifications, using tape measure and marking pencil.
* Positions and aligns rubber plates on fiberboard mat, according to markings.
* Fastens plate on mat, using glue and staple gun.
* Examines initial run of printed box or container for printing defects, such as overlap and uneven color distribution.
* Cleans used plates with ink solvent and airhose, and files plates according to printing order number.
* May requisition new plates.
Industry:Professional careers
