Prepress technician
Code 7321.1
Prepress technicians prepare printing processes by formatting, setting and composing text and graphics into a suitable form. This includes the capture of text and image and processing it electronically. They also prepare, maintain and troubleshoot printing presses.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- GIMP (graphics editor software)
- Microsoft Visio
- SketchBook Pro
- Synfig
- printing plate making
- maintenance of printing machines
- proofing methods
- prepress processes
- reprography
- printing on large scale machines
- graphics editor software
- typography
Skills and competences
- scale copies
- align content with form
- set scanner controls
- set colour profiles
- lay out digital written content
- scan negatives
- output electronic files
- operate laser plate maker machine
- operate printing machinery
- prepare printing form
- prepare films for printing plates
- produce prepress proof
- troubleshoot
- follow safety precautions in printing
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences