Ink printing plates

Description

Cover the plate with a thin coat of water and apply oil-based inks with a rubber roller, repelling and sticking the ink to the image area. This image can then further be transferred to paper in various printing processes.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 0 occupations
  • Optional in 1 occupations
  • Total: 1 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)

Optional for

  • Prepress technician
    Prepress technicians prepare printing processes by formatting, setting and composing text and graphics into a suitable form. This includes the capture of text and image and process…

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Last updated on February 18, 2026

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