Job Description:

• 1) Strips photographic negative from film base and mounts negative on glass plate or platemaking flat to be used in preparing photoengraving plates, using art layout, blueprint, and handtools: Examines negative to detect defective areas, using lighted viewing table.

• 2) Spots or blocks out defective areas, using opaque and brush.

• 3) Pours rubber solution and collodion over film base to toughen negative.

• 4) Dries base, using blotter, and cuts negative to size, using knife and straightedge.

• 5) Immerses glass or film base in acid bath to loosen negative.

• 6) Strips negative from base.

• 7) Mounts and aligns negative on glass plate or platemaking flat, according to art layout, blueprint, and color register.

• 8) Rubs negative to remove excess water and to ensure adhesion to plate, using blotter.

• 9) May control equipment to produce photographic negatives preparatory to stripping.

• 10) May be designated according to type of negative stripped as Stripper, Black And White; Stripper, Color.