A professional who tends platen press that prints information onto material, such as paper or cloth, using either of following methods. Responsibilities include:

• (1) Places stack of paper in feed tray of automatic feeding mechanism, adjusting height of tray according to height of load.
• Adjusts guide bars and air pressure controls to regulate force of air in suction feed cups according to size and weight of paper.
• Starts press and observes feeding operation.
• Removes printed sheets from discharge tray.
• (2) Places piece of cloth or paper against gauge pins on press platen while press head is in upper position.
• Removes and scans printed material for conformance to standards and inserts new piece after press head descends and returns to upper position.
• May ink rollers of machine, using putty knife.
• May be designated according to material printed as cloth printer.