Job Description:

• 1) Tends rotary printing press that prints data, such as brand name, trademark, content analysis, and weight on paper or textile bags: Inserts specified type into plates or selects previously prepared plates, according to data to be printed on bags, and slides plates into channels or slots on cylinder.

• 2) Turns setscrews or uses wrench to lock plates onto printing cylinder.

• 3) Pours specified color ink into ink reservoir.

• 4) Positions supply of bags on press feed bed.

• 5) Presses button to start press and moves lever or depresses pedal to activate rotary drum and feed mechanism, and feeds individual bags into press.

• 6) Removes printed bags from discharge shelf of press and stacks bags in storage area according to data printed on bags.

• 7) Cleans press, using solvent and rags.

• 8) May tend press that prints two or more colors.