Printers set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, newspaper and other printing presses.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Printers - from $1,361 to $3,948 per month - 2024.
- A Printers typically earns between $1,361 and $2,826 gross per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between $1,446 and $3,256 per month for a working week of 40 hours.
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Tasks and duties
- Setting, adjusting and monitoring substrate-feed mechanisms, delivery mechanisms, inking systems and other printing machine functions
- Mixing ink and solvents to standard, and regulating paper and ink supply during print runs
- Monitoring, evaluating and determining press to check print quality standards against proofs and detect malfunctions
- Producing a variety of printed products using digital, relief, lithographic, flexographic and gravure printing presses, and in-line finishing systems
- Preparing plates, blankets and impression cylinders on small offset lithographic printing presses
- Loading paper into feeding mechanisms
- Monitoring machine operations and quality of printing
- Maintaining, adjusting, repairing and cleaning machines
- Producing digital print images, and transferring and outputting images
