Set up and prepare material for printing presses.

• Blueprinting-Machine Operator
• Compositor
• Compositor Apprentice
• Dot Etcher
• Dot Etcher Apprentice
• Electronic Masking System Operator
• Electrotyper
• Electrotyper Apprentice
• Equipment Monitor, Phototypesetting
• Etcher Apprentice, Photoengraving
• Etcher, Hand
• Etcher, Photoengraving
• Galley Stripper
• Lay-Out Former
• Linotype Operator
• Lithographic Platemaker
• Lithographic-Plate-Maker Apprentice
• Make-Up Arranger
• Monotype-Keyboard Operator
• Pantographer
• Paste-Up Artist
• Paste-Up Artist Apprentice
• Photo Mask Maker, Electron-Beam
• Photo Mask Technician, Electron-Beam
• Photocomposing-Machine Operator
• Photoengraver
• Photoengraver Apprentice
• Photoengraving Finisher
• Photoengraving Printer
• Photoengraving Proofer
• Photoengraving-Proofer Apprentice
• Photographer Apprentice, Lithographic
• Photographer, Lithographic
• Photographer, Photoengraving
• Photographic-Plate Maker
• Photolettering-Machine Operator
• Phototypesetter Operator
• Plate Finisher
• Plate Grainer
• Plate-Grainer Apprentice
• Platemaker, Semiconductor Packages
• Proofsheet Corrector
• Repeat Chief
• Repeat-Photocomposing-Machine Operator
• Retoucher, Photoengraving
• Roller Varnisher
• Roller-Print Tender
• Router
• Scanner Operator
• Stereotyper
• Stereotyper Apprentice
• Stripper
• Stripper Apprentice
• Stripper, Lithographic I
• Stripper, Lithographic II
• Terminal-Makeup Operator
• Transferrer
• Type-Proof Reproducer
• Typesetting-Machine Tender

• Activate scanners to produce positive or negative films for the black-and-white, cyan, yellow, and magenta separations from each original copy.
• Analyze originals to evaluate color density, gradation highlights, middle tones, and shadows, using densitometers and knowledge of light and color.
• Arrange and mount typeset material and illustrations into paste-ups for printing reproduction, based on artists' or editors' layouts.
• Correct minor film mask defects with litho tape or opaquing fluid.
• Enter, position, and alter text size, using computers, to make up and arrange pages so that printed materials can be produced.
• Enter, store, and retrieve information on computer-aided equipment.
• Examine finished plates to detect flaws, verify conformity with master plates, and measure dot sizes and centers, using light-boxes and microscopes.
• Examine photographic images for obvious imperfections prior to plate making.
• Examine unexposed photographic plates to detect flaws or foreign particles prior to printing.
• Inspect developed film for specified results and quality, using magnifying glasses and scopes; forward acceptable negatives or positives to other workers or to customers.
• Lower vacuum frames onto plate-film assemblies, activate vacuums to establish contact between film and plates, and set timers to activate ultraviolet lights that expose plates.
• Maintain, adjust, and clean equipment, and perform minor repairs.
• Mix solutions such as developing solutions and colored coating solutions.
• Monitor contact between cover glass and masks inside vacuum frames, in order to prevent flaws resulting from overexposure or light reflection.
• Mount negatives and plates in cameras, set exposure controls, and expose plates to light through negatives in order to transfer images onto plates.
• Operate and maintain a variety of cameras and equipment, such as process, line, halftone, and color separation cameras, enlargers, electronic scanners, and contact equipment.
• Operate and maintain laser plate-making equipment that converts electronic data to plates without the use of film.
• Operate presses to print proofs of plates, monitoring printing quality to ensure that it is adequate.
• Perform close alignment or registration of double and single flats to sensitized plates prior to exposure, in order to produce composite images.
• Perform minor deletions, additions, or corrections to completed plates, on or off printing presses, using tusche, printing ink, erasers, and needles.
• Perform tests to determine lengths of exposures, by exposing plates, scanning line copy, and comparing exposures to tone range scales.
• Place masking paper on areas of plates not covered by positives or negatives, in order to prevent exposure.
• Position and angle screens for proper exposure.
• Position color transparencies, negatives, or reflection copies on scanning drums, and mount drums and heads on scanners.
• Punch holes in light-sensitive plates and insert pins in holes to prepare plates for contact with positive or negative film.
• Remove plate-film assemblies from vacuum frames, and place exposed plates in automatic processors to develop images and dry plates.
• Reposition lamps and adjust aperture controls in order to provide high quality images.
• Scale copy for reductions and enlargements, using proportion wheels.
• Select proper types of plates according to press run lengths.
• Set scanners to specific color densities, sizes, screen rulings, and exposure adjustments, using scanner keyboards or computers.
• Transfer images from master plates to unexposed plates, and immerse plates in developing solutions to develop images.
• Unload exposed film from scanners, and place film in automatic processors to develop images.

• adjust production equipment/machinery setup
• arrange galley setups of type
• assure quality control in printing processes
• clean equipment or machinery
• compute production, construction, or installation specifications
• determine film exposure settings
• determine specifications
• develop film or other photographic medium
• distinguish colors
• distinguish details in graphic arts material
• examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications
• fabricate printing plates
• fabricate, assemble, or disassemble manufactured products by hand
• identify color or balance
• install equipment or attachments on machinery or related structures
• load or unload material or workpiece into machinery
• maintain consistent production quality
• maintain or repair industrial or related equipment/machinery
• maintain production or work records
• make independent judgment in assembly procedures
• measure, weigh, or count products or materials
• mix paint, ingredients, or chemicals, according to specifications
• monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems
• operate cameras
• operate graphic reproduction equipment
• operate printing equipment/machinery
• operate scanner
• operate video recorders
• paste up materials to be printed
• perform safety inspections in manufacturing or industrial setting
• prepare artwork for camera or press
• process photographic prints
• proofread printed or written material
• read blueprints
• read production layouts
• read specifications
• read technical drawings
• read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts
• set page layout or composition
• set up production equipment or machinery
• strip negatives
• understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
• use color analyzer
• use computer graphics design software
• use computers to enter, access or retrieve data
• use densitometer
• use drafting or mechanical drawing techniques
• use hand or power tools
• use precision measuring tools or equipment