Job Description:

• 1) Examines and corrects defects in films used to transfer designs onto printing rollers: Examines films to detect pinholes, defective screens, loss of contour, and exposure errors.

• 2) Paints out pinholes, fills in defective screens, and alters contour of images on film, using brushes and opaque.

• 3) Returns overexposed or underexposed films to PHOTOGRAPHER, PHOTOENGRAVING for correction.

• 4) Measures image on film to verify conformance to specifications, using steel tape.

• 5) Routes acceptable prints to REPEAT-PHOTOCOMPOSING-MACHINE OPERATOR for use in composing master film for transferring image to sensitized copper printing rollers.

• 6) Compares master film with original design and examines repeat joinings through magnifying lens to detect repeats that are out of register.

• 7) Returns unsatisfactory films to REPEAT-PHOTOCOMPOSING MACHINE OPERATOR for correction of defects.