Produce prepress proof

Description

Make single or multi-coloured test prints to ensure that the product meets the arranged standards. Compare the sample with the template or discuss the result with the customer in order to make the last adjustments before mass production.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 8 occupations
  • Optional in 1 occupations
  • Total: 9 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)

Essential for

  • Flexographic press operator
    Flexographic press operators use flexographic relief plate to print on almost any material. The relief plate is inked and pressed onto the material to be printed. Other titles The……
  • Imagesetter
    Imagesetters process images and graphic templates by using phototypesetting machines. They optimise the templates for the best possible result by determining the right arrangement …
  • 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…
  • Digital printer
    Digital printers work with machines that print directly to the medium, without an intervening plate. Digital printers usually use laser or inkjet technology to print individual pag…
  • Gravure press operator
    Gravure press operators work with gravure presses, where the image is engraved directly on a roll. They set up the press and monitor it during the operation, taking care…
  • Typesetter
    Typesetters ensure that printed text is correctly set and visually pleasing. While typesetting was originally done manually and later employed techniques like linotype and phototyp…
  • Prepress operator
    Prepress operators create a prepress proof, or sample of what the finished product will look like. In many printing contracts, the client at this stage decides whether the print…
  • Offset printer
    Offset printers handle an offset press in order to print an image. The offset press transfers an inked image from the plate to a rubber blanket before to print…

Optional for

  • Print studio supervisor
    Print production supervisors organise the activity of one or more teams of machine operators in printing, binding of books and finishing of printed materials. They aim to optimise …

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