"CLOTH PRINTER"
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Job Description:
- 1) Sets up and operates machine to print designs on materials, such as cloth, fiberglass, plastic sheeting, coated felt, or oilcloth: Turns handwheel to set pressure on printing rollers, according to specifications.
- 2) Turns screws to align register marks on printing rollers with register marks on machine, using allen wrench.
- 3) Sharpens doctor blade, using file and oilstone, and verifies evenness of blade, using straightedge.
- 4) Aligns doctor blade against printing roller, using handtools.
- 5) Dips color from tubs into color boxes to supply printing rollers.
- 6) Scans cloth leaving machine for printing defects, such as smudges, variations in color shades, and designs that are out of register.
- 7) Realigns printing rollers and adjusts position of blanket or back gray cloth to absorb excess color from printing rollers.
- 8) Records yardage of cloth printed.
- 9) Coordinates printing activities with activities of workers who feed and doff machine and aid in setting up and cleaning machine.
- 10) May notify COLORIST when color shade varies from specifications.
- 12) May mount printing rollers on machine for change of pattern.
- 13) May position knives specified distance from edge of plastic material to trim excess material from edges.
- 14) When printing samples of new patterns and novelty designs, is designated Novelty-Printing-Machine Operator or Proofing-Machine Operator.
- 15) May set up and operate cloth printing machine utilizing caustic soda paste instead of color paste to print designs on cloth which shrink to form plisse and be designated Plisse-Machine Operator.
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