Job Description:

• 1) Examines photographic negatives for defects and paints over defects preparatory to transferring images to sensitized zinc plates or copper rollers, using measuring instruments, brushes, and handtools: Spreads negatives over illuminated table and marks register points on negatives, using straightedge, triangle, and scriber.

• 2) Examines negatives to detect pinholes and to locate line along which design will be fitted around sensitized rollers or mounted on zinc plates.

• 3) Masks pinholes and extra images on film, using brushes and opaque.

• 4) Scratches out undesirable spots and lines, using knife or pin.

• 5) Compares masked films with original design to verify conformance to specifications.

• 6) May lay out and print customer's legend on films.

• 7) May correct spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors on negative proofs, using standard proofreading symbols.