Job Description:

• 1) Makes ready and operates rotary-type press that prints illustrative and other subject matter by rotogravure process: Installs engraved copper printing cylinder in press, using handtools.

• 2) Adjusts doctor blade to remove excess ink from surface of printing cylinder.

• 3) Threads web of paper or other printing stock through press, adjusting guides and tension bars.

• 4) Sets focus of electronic scanners on guideline of paper to automatically control color registration.

• 5) Regulates temperature in web-drying chambers and adjusts automatic cutter at discharge end of press.

• 6) Inspects material being printed, during production run, and adjusts press as required to produce printed matter to specifications.

• 7) Directs workers in feeding and unloading press, replenishing ink supply in fountains, cleaning equipment, and other press operations.

• 8) May operate press equipped to print, cut, and crease paper goods.