Cylinder Press Operator: A description for the cylinder press operator job
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Cylinder Press Operator – Flatbed-press operator, press operator Makes ready and operates cylinder-type printing press: Verifies size, color, and type of paper and color of ink from job order. Cleans inking rollers with solvent and replaces them in press, using handtools. Adjusts controls to regulate volume of ink. Packs impression cylinder with tissue or folio. Adjusts delivery tapes, and positions and locks form (type setup or plate) on bed or cylinder of press. Directs CYLINDER-PRESS FEEDER (printing industry) in adjustment of feed guides, grippers, and elevator, or hand-feeding press. Starts press and runs off proofsheet. Examines proof to determine off-level areas, variation in ink volume, register slippage, indications of offsetting, and color register. Adjusts press controls, inking fountains, and automatic feeders, and repacks cylinder with overlay to equalize off-level areas as required. May also register forms and mix colors. May also make overlay for half-tone shades. May also operate cylinder press equipped with cutting attachment or may also replace type dies with cutting dies to cut or shape paper or paperboard. May also operate more than one press. May also be designated according to kind of material printed as Check Imprinter (printing industry), Envelope-Press Operator (printing industry) I, Label-Press Operator (printing industry) I, size of press as Pony-Cylinder-Press Operator (printing industry). Important variations may also be indicated by trade names of machine used.
Job industry: printing industry
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