Job description

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Advise press crew on product specifications or material requirements
• Mount plates or cylinders and make necessary adjustments
• Prepare production schedules
• Review job orders to determine production time, colour sequence and quantities required
• Fill ink fountains and control colour and viscosity
• Estimate costs
• Set up press and operate at slow speed to check samples
• Instruct apprentices
• Monitor regular press run for quality using computer control console
• Remove and clean plates and cylinders at end of press run
• Set up and adjust in-line binding and finishing equipment
• Direct press crew to set up, operate and shut down press